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Tunisian Outsiders Set for Runoff Elections Amid Voter Discontent

Lisa Bryant

   TUNIS, TUNISIA - Tunisia's independent electoral commission Tuesday
   confirmed the stunning victories of two political outsiders in the
   first round of presidential voting -- results seen as a major rebuff of
   the post-revolution political establishment.

   Final results place law professor Kais Saied and business tycoon Nabil
   Karoui in first and second place respectively, capturing more than 18%
   and 16% of the vote. They now face a runoff in what is Tunisia's
   second-only free and democratic presidential election.

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