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South Africa: Africans Vote in Darkness as Power Fails at Polling Station

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At least one polling station in the South African province of Kwa-Zulu Natal had to conduct its business by candelight after the power supply failed, leaving voters and officials struggling in the darkness to complete the voting procedures, while outside voters expressed fears of “being attacked.” A report in South Africa’s IOL news service titled “We are shocked to find vote counting will... 

Riots spread across Jordan over 'vote-rigging'

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Protesters shout anti-regime slogans during a demonstration in Jordan’s capital Amman. Riots have spread across Jordan after the announcement of parliamentary election results which people in four provinces dispute. Violent clashes erupted on Thursday between police and protestors who accuse Jordan’s Independent Electoral Commission of vote-rigging, DPA reported. Police fired tear gas to disperse... 
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