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 SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Nationalist leader Laisenia Qarase was sworn in Thursday for a second, five-year term as prime minister of this racially divided South Pacific nation following his narrow election win over an ethnic Indian rival.
Qarase took his oath of office at Government House in the Fijian capital, Suva, after election officials confirmed his Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) party had won 36 seats in the 71-member Parliament in May 6-13 elections.
Qarase, whose tensions with Fiji's military commander have stoked fears of a coup, said earlier he also had secured written commitments of support from two independent lawmakers, which would give him a majority of 38 seats.
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