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Former military leader Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) was running narrowly ahead on 1 May with some 27 per cent of the vote in Mali's 28 April presidential elections. Counting was set to continue for hours more as we went to press; challenges to the count may last longer still. ATT's rival, ex-Premier Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (IBK), is threatening to go to court....

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Keywords:

Amadou Toumani Touré, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Soumaïla Cissé, Moussa Traoré, Alpha Oumar Konaré, Mande Sidibé, Ousmane Sy, France, Jacques Chirac', United States, Jimmy Carter, Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, , Côte d'Ivoire, Amara Essy, Chad, Mauritania, Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali, Rassemblement pour le Mali, Parti Socialiste, Rassemblement pour la République

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