Rivals fight for presidency in Maldives run off MALE, Oct 26 (Reuters) -- Asia's longest-serving ruler faces a unified opposition backing…

Rivals fight for presidency in Maldives run off MALE, Oct 26 (Reuters) -- Asia's longest-serving ruler faces a unified opposition backing his oldest political rival on Tuesday in a run-off presidential election in the Maldives. Tuesday's run off comes after Maldivians voted on Oct. 9 in what were the country's first-ever multiparty polls, the culmination of years of agitation for democratic reforms.

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