Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, has been chosen to be the next secretary-general of Nato.Turkey had objected to Rasmussen replacing Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the current leader whose term runs out at the end of July, criticising his handling of a row over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, published in Denmark in 2005.Rasmussen said he was "honoured" by the appointment and that it was a historic day for him and for Denmark."I'll do my utmost to live up to the confidence shown to me by my colleagues," he told a press conference in the French city of Strasbourg, hosting the Nato summit marking the military alliance's 60th anniversary.
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