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Yemen opposition accepts Saleh’s re-election win
But I think we all saw this coming.
SANAA - Yemen’s opposition on Tuesday acknowledged President Ali Abdullah Saleh had been re-elected, dropping their accusations of vote-rigging and threats of protests.

A final vote count released on Saturday showed long-ruling Saleh as winning 77.2 percent of the vote, with the opposition’s candidate Faisal Al Shamlan receiving 21.8 percent of the total 6 million ballots cast. “The announced results are a reality and the coalition opposition is dealing with that,” Shamlan told reporters.

A statement by the opposition said: “We need to avoid a clash or confrontation with the authorities which (might) derail the process of change that has begun.
Posted by: Steve White 2006-09-27
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