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Article: South Africans vote to fight poverty, AIDS and crimes
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 14, 2004
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South Africans vote to fight poverty, AIDS and crimes
JOHANNESBURG, April 14 (Xinhua) -- South African President Thabo
Mbeki lead Wednesday morning more than 20 million voters in casting
their ballots in the third democratic and non-racial elections in a
bid to get a strong mandate to fight poverty, AIDS and rampant crimes
in the country.
The 62-year-old incumbent president voted at 7 am (0500 GMT) at
the AGS Church Hatfield voting station, Pretoria, the capital of
South Africa.
After his casting, he said, "The break has come. Now it is the
time for the people to speak out."
He also called on more than 20 million voters to come out to vote
the parties of their choice.
Former president ...