Prime Minister Wins Presidential Election
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From Times Wire Reports
Liberal Prime Minister Branko Crvenkovski was elected president with 62% of the vote, the electoral commission said. But his conservative opponent claimed voter fraud and demanded the result be annulled. Crvenkovski would replace Boris Trajkovski, a highly respected politician who died in a February plane crash in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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