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 DILI, East Timor (AP) - Nobel Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta vowed to heal deep political and social rifts in East Timor after poll results showed him on course for a landslide victory in presidential elections in Asia's newest nation.
"I will honor what I told the people in the campaign: I will work for the poor, with the entire country, to unite it, and heal its wounds," Ramos-Horta said Thursday after results showed him winning 73 percent of the vote with almost 90 percent of ballots counted.
"But I don't celebrate because it's going to be five years of hard work. It's no cause for celebration."
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