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Haiti panel announces candidates for runoff presidential election–government candidate dropped after charges of vote fraud, foreign government pressure

by William Booth

Many Haitians sighed with relief Thursday after election officials announced that former first lady Mirlande Manigat will face Michel Martelly, a carnival singer known as “Sweet Micky,” in a runoff presidential election next month.

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