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Newly elected Federal Councillors Christoph Blocher, center left, and Hans-Rudolf Merz, center right, swear to their new office together with government colleagues Micheline Calmy-Rey, left, and Federal Chancellor Annemarie Huber, right, after their election during the session of the United General Assembly in Bern, Switzerland, Wednesday, December 10, 2003. (KEYSTONE/Yoshiko Kusano)