2009 Inauguration Day

WASHINGTON -- A social media site called LINK-Live, based on the Obama campaign 's Web outreach, plans to bring Inauguration Day ceremonies into the homes of millions around the world. The LINK-Live Presidential Inaugural Gala will take place at the ...  

Taipei, May 17 (CNA) Former President Lee Teng-hui said Thursday that he will not attend President Ma Ying-jeou's second inauguration on May 20, as a way of showing his disapproval of Ma's policies. The 89-year-old Lee, often dubbed "Taiwan's Mr. Democracy ...  

As Ma was delivering his inaugural speech in the safety of the Presidential Office Building, supporters of the opposition Taiwan Solidarity Union gathered in the rain outside where 10,000 eggs were available to throw at a huge picture of Ma. The party also ...  

Taipei, May 21 (CNA) The National Security Bureau chief defended Monday the security measures taken in the capital city over the weekend for the presidential inauguration, rebutting complaints that they were excessive. Security control operations during ...  

The budget for Ma’s presidential inauguration in 2008 was about NT$40 million. Five of the 41 delegations attending will be led by heads of state, one by a governor-general, one by a deputy governor-general, six by prime ministers, two by vice ...  

The swearing-in ceremony proceeded amid tight security, with a heavy police force and barbed-wired barricades surrounding the peripheral areas of the Presidential Office. In his inauguration speech, titled “Upholding ideals, working together ...  

About 230 people with 41 foreign delegations are expected to attend the inauguration ceremony, and Ma was expected to meet with each one beginning yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Meanwhile, Presidential Office spokesman Fan ...  

During the 57th Inauguration of the President of the United States, the JW Marriott Washington, DC will be at the center of it all. Situated at 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue on 14th Street, NW, the Washington, DC Luxury Hotel will join in the ...  

When news of his hospitalization hit a few weeks ago, I remember telling a colleague that if they drove his body through the streets of D.C., it would be a spectacle similar to a presidential inauguration. Now, I wish I'd never spoke it.  

With a strong police deployment and barbed-wired barricades set up to block a large-scale rally against President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), the Presidential Office and its surrounding areas felt like a ghost town during Ma’s -inauguration ...