Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Liberian presidential poll marred by boycott (AP)

A woman casts her vote for president at a polling station in the Paynesville neighborhood of Monrovia, Liberia Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Liberia's capital remained tense on Tuesday as small lines formed outside polling stations, a day after election violence killed one person amid the opposition's call to boycott the presidential runoff election.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - An election that was supposed to solidify peace in this nation emerging from war was marred by dismal turnout Tuesday, after the opposition went ahead with a boycott despite last-minute appeals from the United States and the United Nations Security Council.



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