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 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The leader of South Africa's main opposition party stepped down Saturday after 13 years of relentless criticism of the ruling African National Congress, calling for his successor to take on crime, HIV/AIDS and other problems besetting the country.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon, 50, was known for modernizing the party and decrying government corruption and inefficiency, domestic policy weaknesses and foreign policy failures.
Leon, who like many party members is white, also constantly criticized the government's affirmative action policy, which gave preference to blacks disadvantaged by apartheid.
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