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Zimbabwe announces poll results - Tsvangirai 47.9% vs Mugabe 43.2%
The long-awaited results of Zimbabwe's presidential poll have been announced, with the opposition's Morgan Tsvangirai winning 47.9%, forcing a second round.Election officials say Mr Tsvangirai beat President Robert Mugabe's 43.2%, but neither candidate passed the 50% threshold for an outright win. A spokesman for 84-year-old Mr Mugabe says he will stand in a run-off vote. But Mr Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said the result was "scandalous daylight robbery". Posted by: john frum 2008-05-02 |
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