But a series of attacks coincided with the inauguration in Srinagar, the state's summer capital, and a BBC correspondent says the separatists are clearly not impressed.

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Capriles spoke at his own inauguration, as governor of the state of Miranda, a post he was elected to following his presidential defeat.

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Within weeks of his inauguration he created a commission to look at gaming as part of the economic-recovery plan for the state.

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