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                   Zimbabweans Vote for President, Parliament

   Zimbabwe`s President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
   are each predicting outright wins as voters cast ballots Wednesday in
   presidential and parliamentary elections.
   The two rivals are the leading contenders in a presidential race with
   five candidates that has brought long lines of voters to polling sites.
   Prime Minister Tsvangirai is trying for the third time to unseat Mr.
   Mugabe, and has accused the president`s party of trying to steal the
   election. Rights groups and critics have made similar allegations.
   Mr. Mugabe denies taking part in any vote-rigging. He has ruled the
   country since its 1980 independence, and has pledged to respect the
   vote.
   The country`s election commission has until August 5 to release the
   results.
   The two men have led Zimbabwe through a fragile power-sharing
   government they set up in the wake of the last polls in 2008. That
   election ended with Mr. Tsvangirai disputing the results, and a round
   of unrest that left 200 of his supporters dead.
   The United States expressed concern about partisan behavior by state
   security institutions, as well as technical and logistical issues that
   could keep Wednesday`s vote from being transparent and credible.
   Western observers have been barred from the election. About 7,000
   domestic monitors and several hundred others from elsewhere in Africa
   will observe the proceedings.
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