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Poll projects dead heat between Fujimori and Sánchez in Peru runoff as count nears completion
Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez would tie at 38% of the vote in the Peruvian presidential runoff scheduled for June 7, according to the first opinion poll published after the April 12 election, against a backdrop of an inconcl...
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Entertainment
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Tourism
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