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 KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A coalition of parties supporting Congolese President Joseph Kabila said Thursday that it has assembled a majority in parliament, meaning the group will select the prime minister to head the country's first democratically elected government in decades.
The creation of the large parliamentary bloc also shows strong political backing for Kabila in runoff presidential elections next month.
Congo, a resource-rich but violence-plagued country in Central Africa, is in the process of setting up a democratic, multiparty government for the first time in more than 40 years.
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