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Cory Booker will continue to serve as mayor of New Jerseys largest city. He received 59 percent of the vote easily defeating his three challengers in yesterdays Newark mayoral election.

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An international audit found widespread fraud in Afghanistan’s August 20th election. The U.N. backed investigators have thrown out nearly one third of the ballots and after considerable pressure, President Hamid Karzai conceded that he did not receive the majority needed and has agreed to a run-off election with his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah.