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The Caribbean island-nation of Barbados is now officially a republic. A midnight ceremony formally inaugurated Sandra Mason as President, replacing British Monarch Queen Elizabeth as head of state. The ceremony forging the world's newest republic fell on the country's independence day and saw the nation of 280 000 people shed the final vestiges of colonial rule. It gained full independence from Britain in 1966.
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