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The Commonwealth's next chief executive will take over in April 2008 and there are three strong candidates for the secretary general's job: Kamalesh Sharma, Indian High Commissioner in London; Michael Frendo, Foreign Minister of Malta; and Mohan Kaul, also of India, the Director General of the Commonwealth Business Council. Former Foreign Minister Rais Ratim withdrew suddenly on 26 July, pleading domestic political considerations....

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Kamalesh Sharma, Indian, Michael Frendo, Malta, Mohan Kaul, Rais Ratim, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Shashi Tharoor, United States, Ban Ki-moon, Canada, Arnold Smith, Guyana, Shridath S. Ramphal, New Zealand, British, Nigerian, Ade Adefuye, Don McKinnon, Florence Magasha, Ugandan, Ransford Smith, Jamaica

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