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Gabons 37-year ruler Omar Bongo expected to win as voters go to polls
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BERTHE GNAMBAULT, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-27-2005
Dateline: LIBREVILLE, Gabon
Voters cast ballots Sunday in presidential elections in oil-rich Gabon, where Africa's longest-serving leader was expected to win another term and head into a fourth decade of power.
Voting booths opened near dawn as scheduled across the capital, Libreville, where 37-year ruler Omar Bongo voted. Facing a splintered opposition, he was expected to win another seven-year term.
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