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Zimbabwe opposition declares victory
calls for the results to be released at a news conference
Zimbabwe's main opposition party has said its leader Morgan Tsvangirai will be the country's next president. "The
opposition has won the election," Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Tendai Biti said. Based
on the results of 243 constituencies posted outside polling stations, Biti said Tsvangirai won 50.3 percent of
the vote -- just barely over the 50 percent margin to avoid a runoff with incumbent President Robert Mugabe. But
Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper announced Wednesday that neither party garnered more than 50 percent, and that a
runoff was inevitable. more>>
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UN workers 'kidnapped in Somalia'
Two foreign contractors, a Briton and a Kenyan, working for the UN in Somalia have been seized by unknown gunmen
in southern Somalia, reports say. They were doing work for the UN Food and... more>>
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