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Interim President Jeanine Ãñez Quits Bolivia Presidential Race

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   Bolivian Interim President Jeanine Ãñez says she has dropped out of
   the nation's presidential race in an effort to block ex-leader Evo
   Morales from returning to power.

   Ãñez said she did not want to split the votes in the October 18
   election, enabling the Movement for Socialism party of Morales return
   to power.

   Prior to her announcement, Ãñez was trailing in fourth place in recent
   opinion polls.

   Ãñez has yet endorse another candidate but she said she wants to link
   up with a party that has support in opposing Morales' party.

   She said if voters do not unite, Morales will return, and democracy
   will lose.

   Ãñez was named interim president when Morales fled Bolivia last year
   during protests over allegations of election fraud.

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