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 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabweans voted Saturday on whether to keep the ruler blamed by opponents for their country's economic collapse, though President Robert Mugabe's challengers claimed the election was rigged even before the polls opened.
The main opposition party said it was investigating reports of thousands of voters being turned away from polls and the discovery of stuffed ballot boxes in one district. African observers also questioned thousands of names on official rolls.
The election presented Mugabe with the toughest political challenge to his 28-year rule. He dismissed allegations that the vote was rigged to keep him in power.
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