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Santos becomes Colombia’s 59th president (AP)

August 7th, 2010

Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, center, looks up next to the Congress' President Armando Benedetti, top left, and outgoing President Alvaro Uribe after his swearing-in ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Juan Manuel Santos, sworn in Saturday as Colombia’s 59th president, vowed to cement security gains but declared himself open to dialogue with rebels in hopes of ending the Western Hemisphere’s only armed conflict.


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