War-battered Congo set for historic vote

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KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (AP) -- This massive nation at the heart of the world's poorest continent chooses a new leader Sunday in the first multiparty presidential elections here since independence nearly half a century ago -- a monumental exercise in democracy many hope will end decades of dictatorship, war and corruption.

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