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Right-wing lawyer Jose Raul Mulino accepts victory as Panama's president-elect with 34% of the vote, nine points above his immediate follower, announced the Electoral Tribunal after 90% of the polling stations had been counted. "I accept the results expressed, which represent the will of the majority of Panamanians within our democracy," he says. SOUNDBITE
The runner-up presidential candidate of the Movimiento Otro Camino (Another Way Movement), Ricardo Lombana, recognizes Jose Raul Mulino as the winner of this year's presidential elections in Panama. "To all of our polling station representatives who are watching this, do not move or leave your polling stations," he says, "this isn't over yet." SOUNDBITE
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is speaking but tired and still in a critical state the day after being shot multiple times, president-elect Peter Pellegrini tells reporters outside the Banska Bystrica hospital. Authorities have charged an alleged gunman with the attempted murder of the 59-year-old leader, saying the shooting was sparked by the election win last month of a Fico ally. SOUNDBITE
Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo casting his vote at a polling station in Panama City. The vote comes as Panama is grappling with deep-rooted corruption, a severe drought that has hobbled its economically critical Panama Canal, and a stream of US-bound migrants passing through its jungles. IMAGES
Presidential candidate and former president of Panama Martin Torrijos casts his vote in the country's presidential elections. IMAGES