The meeting, which runs until 27 May, was formally opened with Mr Arnott being sworn into office.

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Formally opened in January 2008, the tower remains unoccupied because of fears about its soundness.

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After a tense stand-off, Mr Karzai formally opened the parliament on January 26th four months after the elections.

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Local MP Pete Wishart formally opened the event, which he said was "undoubtedly one of Scotland's finest".

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The school became an academy in November and was formally opened by Education Secretary Michael Gove the following month.

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The Nord Stream project was formally opened at a ceremony in Germany attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

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The Port of Felixstowe has formally opened the UK's first shipping berths capable of taking the next generation of giant container ships.

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Burns formally opened a U.S. liaison office in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, marking the highest-level U.S. diplomatic presence in the country since 1980.

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The season, to be formally opened by Burns specialist Dr John Cairney, will also feature an exhibition on loan from the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, which has one of the most significant Burns collections in Scotland.

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