Word: ravalomanana
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MADAGASCAR Poll Rivals Talk The Organization of African Unity came to the rescue to resolve a crisis over disputed results in December's presidential election. OAU chief Amara Essy brought President Didier Ratsiraka and opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana together for talks to end masssive protests over the poll. The second round of voting has been postponed until a commission representing both sides can find a way forward...
...MADAGASCAR Having Their Say Hundreds of thousands of people joined opposition rallies in Antananarivo, the capital, as antigovernment forces pledged to press on with a strike that has paralyzed the country for two weeks. Opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana claims to have won the Dec. 16 presidential vote but says that backers of incumbent Didier Ratsiraka rigged results to force a runoff...