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EU parliament elects new leader

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The European Parliament has elected former Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek as the chamber's president.

"Human rights will be a priority," Mr Buzek told MEPs, recalling the key role of the Solidarity trade union movement in democratising Poland in the 1980s.

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