Somalia MPs to elect new president

Mogadishu : Somalia | Sep 09, 2012 at 9:27 PM PDT

Source: Al Jazeera English

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46 Members of parliament in Somalia will vote for a new president in the first vote of its kind in decades amid fears that the election will be rigged and do little to alter the political landscape. Billed as a milestone in the war-ravaged country's quest to end two decades of violence, graft and infighting,... FULL ARTICLE AT Al Jazeera English

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