Before that, as governor of the north-eastern state of Ceara, he ran a prudent and efficient administration.
Anandita Dutta Tamuly, 28, achieved the bizarre and fiery undertaking in the Indian north-eastern state of Assam.
An independent candidate in the north-eastern state of Maine has taken a Senate seat from the Republicans.
PAS, which increased its hold on the north-eastern state of Kelantan and gained control of its neighbour Terengganu.
Illegal Bangladeshi migrants are already sparking conflict in India's north-eastern state of Assam.
ECONOMIST: An awkward neighbour in a troublesome neighbourhood
Police in India's north-eastern state of Tripura say at least 14 people have been killed in a separatist attack.
Irom Sharmila Chanu, 40, has been on a hunger strike since 2 November 2000 in the north-eastern state of Manipur.
INDIA's two biggest tea companies, Tata Tea and Williamson Magor, have been accused of aiding insurgents in the north-eastern state of Assam.
By contrast in Assam, a north-eastern state troubled by militants, Congress swept back to power, apparently because voters approve of its peace efforts.
The first round of polls, in the north-eastern state of Manipur over the weekend, was marred by violence when suspected rebels attacked a polling station killing four people, including election officials.
The north-eastern state is India's second most populous state.
Imkong L Imchen was the north-eastern state's home minister.
Both must scrap for the votes of two slippery populist candidates, Anthony Garotinho, until recently the governor of Rio de Janeiro, who got 18%, and Ciro Gomes, a former governor of the north-eastern state of Ceara, who got 12%.
At Mrs Gandhi's re-coronation, a Congress leader from the north-eastern state of Nagaland warned her against a coterie that many Congressmen believe isolates her from the real stalwarts of the party, and called for changes in the party's structure.
Mr Pascoal's gang has been tied to a group in the north-eastern state of Alagoas allegedly associated with Augusto Farias, a congressman whose murdered brother ran the influence-peddling ring that led to the impeachment of Fernando Collor as Brazil's president in 1993.
The merger of two tribal parties in the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura has revived hopes of peace in the state.
Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states - Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe - after a series of deadly attacks by militant groups.
Mr Shekau confirmed the group had carried out a series of attacks in recent weeks - including a raid on 7 May by about 200 heavily armed men on Bama village, in Borno state near Nigeria's north-eastern border with Cameroon.
They hope to use the Texas grid, which (fittingly, for the Lone Star state) stands alone from North America's eastern and western power grids, as a crucible for their reforms.
They have promised not to disrupt state elections to be held in February in Nagaland (and two other north-eastern states).
In subsequent years, the Indian state was challenged by secessionists in Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and the north-eastern states.
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