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"A watershed presidential election in one of America’s top oil suppliers, Nigeria, unfolded peacefully on Saturday, a first for a country with a history of rigged and violent votes in the 12 years since the end of military rule...

"None of those flaws appeared to be a significant part of the electoral landscape on Saturday. 'It appears to be going quite smoothly,' said the leader of the National Democratic Institute’s observer mission, Joe Clark, a former Canadian prime minister, speaking from the Nigerian capital, Abuja."

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