Professor wins Somalia's presidential election
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Somalia's Parliament has elected a new president of the country's fledgling government.
Members of the international community have called the move a key step toward the east African nation's transition from a war-torn failed state to a nation with an effective government.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a professor, won Monday's election against outgoing President Sheik Sharif Sheikh Ahmed by a legislative vote of 190 to 79, according to Parliament Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari.
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