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Managua, Feb 21 (EFE).- General Julio Cesar Aviles on Friday began his third consecutive term as head of the Nicaraguan Army after having been extended in his post twice by President Daniel Ortega. (Camera: RENEE LUCIA RAMOS). SHOT LIST: THE INAUGURATION OF GENERAL JULIO CESAR AVILES, FOR HIS THIRD CONSECUTIVE TERM AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE NICARAGUAN ARMY, IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.
Aung San Suu Kyi holds direct talks with Myanmar's top general for the first time as her party prepares to form a government. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says that President Biden "was not informed until this morning" that US Secretary of Defence Chief Lloyd Austin's hospitalization was due to prostate cancer. SOUNDBITE
Sudan's army chief warns at the United Nations that months of war could spill over in the region as he urged international pressure on the paramilitary unit he is fighting. SOUNDBITE
General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, who overthrew Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that had ruled the oil-rich central African nation since 1967, is sworn in as interim president in Gabon. Taking the oath of office, he promised "free, transparent and credible elections" to restore civilian rule but without giving a timeframe. IMAGES
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints Major General Herzi Halevi as Israel's new Chief of General Staff during a ceremony in Jerusalem. IMAGES