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Moldova Opposition Candidate Projected Winner of Presidential Election

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   The opposition candidate in Moldova is the projected winner of the
   runoff presidential election.

   With almost all the vote counted by Sunday evening, pro-European
   MaiaSanduwas leading with about 57%of the vote, comparedto incumbent,
   pro-Russianpresident IgorDodon's43%, according toresultspublished on
   the Moldovan Central Election Commission website.'¯

   Sandu, 48,a former prime ministerand a former World Bank employee,ran
   for Moldova's top job with a pro-European political platform against a
   president who had promised to keep close ties with Moscow as a
   traditionally "strategic partner."

   Hersupporterscelebratedovernight in front of opposition headquarters in
   the center of the capital Chisinauand werechanting "President
   MaiaSandu" and "a country for young people."

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