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Losing Party in Guinea-Bissau Vote Appeals Result

Agence France-Presse

   BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's historic ruling party appealed to the Supreme
   Court on Friday after its champion lost in the volatile West African
   country's presidential elections.

   Domingos Simoes Pereira, head of the PAIGC party, was credited with
   46.45 percent in Sunday's runoff, trailing opposition leader Umaro
   Sissoco Embalo's 53.55 percent.

   Pereira had already rejected the result, telling party activists on
   Wednesday the vote was "full of irregularities, annulment and
   manipulation."

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