DILI: Former East Timorese independence fighter Xanana Gusmao was sworn in on Saturday as the prime minister of Asia's youngest country after his party won the parliamentary election in May.
Crowds cheered as the former guerrilla leader traveled by motorcade to the presidential palace in the capital Dili, where he and his members of Cabinet were sworn into office by President Jose Ramos-Horta, his fellow independence fighter during Indonesia's occupation.
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