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Somalia Parliament

Somalia Parliament

Somali Prime Minister Abdiwali Mohamed Ali, right, during the swearing in ceremony for members of Somalia's first parliament in twenty years, at Aden Abdulle International Airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. 211 parliamentarians out of a total of 275 were sworn-in Monday at an open-air ceremony. The MPs were selected by traditional elders and are scheduled to sit the first session of parliament on 21 August where a process will be begin to select a speaker of parliament and new president after the current mandate of the UN-backed Transitional Federal Government. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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