Burkina Faso signs charter, scrambles to pick interim leader Burkina Faso scrambled to pick an interim president ahead of an African Union sanctions deadline even as a "transition charter" -- a sort of interim constitution hammered out between the military and civilian, opposition and religious figures -- was signed on Sunday. Under the deal, the president will appoint a prime minister, either a civilian or a military figure, who will head a 25-member transitional government. IMAGES of the signing ceremony and SOUNDBITES from leaders