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Karabakh Leader Re-elected

The incumbent leader of Nagorno-Karabakh, a separatist Azerbaijan enclave dominated by ethnic Armenians, has won two-thirds of the vote in an election focused on internal issues.

Election officials said Friday that leader Bako Saakian won 66.7 percent of the vote.

(AP)

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