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General News of Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Source: GNA

Four heads of State arrive for Mills' inauguration

Accra, Jan. 7, GNA - Four West African heads of State have arrived for the inauguration of Prof. John Evans Atta Mills at the Independence Square in Accra on Wednesday.

They are President Umaru Yar'Adua of Nigeria, President Yayi Boni of Benin, Faure Gnassingbe of Togo and Blaisae Compaore of Burkina Faso. Others already in town include President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, Gunichiro Koizumi, former Prime Minister of Japan, the Chairman of Africa Union Commission, Jean Ping, as well as delegation from Morocco, the US and Canada.