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    SERBIA TO HOLD SECOND ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    21.01.2008 12:50 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between
    a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the
    West following the first round of a presidential election.

    Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic took 39.6 percent of the vote on Sunday
    in a field of nine candidates, ahead of 35.5 percent for pro-Western
    President Boris Tadic.

    Analysts said the 61 percent turnout - the highest since the fall of
    strongman Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 - showed how seriously people
    took the vote on Serbia's place in the world, and turnout could be
    even higher in the February 3 run-off.

    Both candidates oppose independence for the breakaway province of
    Kosovo. But Nikolic is lukewarm towards EU membership and argues that
    Serbia can steer a middle course between the 27-member bloc and Russia,
    Reuters reports.
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