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Son of former president Corazon Aquino vows to fight corruption as count puts him ahead in presidential poll Benigno Aquino III, the son of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino, promised today to fulfil his campaign promise to fight corruption as he headed for a landslide victory in the country’s presidential elections. “I will not only not steal, but I’ll have the corrupt arrested,” Aquino, 50, said in his first comments since yesterday’s poll. Massive corruption has long dogged the Philippines, tainting electoral politics and skimming billions of public funds in a country where a third of the population lives on $1 a day. Aquino, whose father was assassinated while opposing Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship and whose mother led the 1986 “people power” revolt that restored democracy, was leading the nine-candidate presidential race with 40.2% of the votes from about 78% of the precincts, while his closest rival, ousted President Joseph Estrada, had 25.5%. There is no runoff in the Philippines, home to 90 million people, and whoever has the most votes is declared winner. Despite glitches with new computerised counting machines and violence that has claimed at least 12 lives, election officials hailed yesterday’s vote as a success in a country where poll fraud allegations have marred previous contests. Turnout was 75% among about 50 million eligible voters, the elections commission said. Philippines guardian.co.uk
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Read the full story »MURCIA, Spain – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will not race for Spain at the upcoming world championships.
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Read the full story »ISTANBUL – With the field down to 16 teams, the knockout stage of the basketball world championship begins Saturday with two highly anticipated matchups.
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