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    <text>Incumbent Djiboutian president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh accepts his party's nomination to seek a sixth term in next year's election after parliament lifted the constitutional age limit for presidential candidates. </text>
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    <text>Incumbent President Ismail Omar Guelleh wins a landslide victory securing over 97% of the votes cast, in an election boycotted by the opposition. The leader of the opposition says that the results are &quot;far from reality&quot;. Guelleh will serve his fifth consecutive term. </text>
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    <text>Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is re-elected as the President of Djibouti for a fifth term, receiving more than 98 percent of the vote. </text>
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    <text>Voters in Djibouti go to the polls for the first round of voting in a presidential election with current President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh winning a fourth term in office. </text>
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    <date>2011-02-18</date>
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    <text>Police shoot tear gas at thousands of people demonstrating against the Ismail Omar Guelleh regime in Djibouti. </text>
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    <name>Al Jazeera</name>
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  <text>Djiboutians vote to elect a president to serve for the next five years. Incumbent president Ismaïl Omar Guelleh is running for a sixth term. </text>
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