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Mugabe wins Zimbabwe presidential poll: official

By AFP
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe C answers journalists questions after voting in Harare on July 31, 2013.  By Alexander Joe AFPFile
AUG 3, 2013 LISTEN
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (C) answers journalists questions after voting in Harare on July 31, 2013. By Alexander Joe (AFP/File)

HARARE (AFP) - Eighty-nine year old Robert Mugabe was declared the run-away winner of Zimbabwe's controversial presidential election Saturday, extending his 33-year rule.

Official results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission reported Mugabe garnered 61 percent of the vote again the 34 percent won by challenger Morgan Tsvangirai.

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