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Official Results Finally Out in Zimbabwe

Commission calls for runoff; opposition calls it 'daylight robbery'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 2, 2008 10:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – Zimbabwe’s official election results are finally out, Reuters reports, and as expected, they call for a runoff between opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai won 47.9% of the vote, the election commission found, beating Mugabe’s 43.2% but not... Read full story »

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