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Published 27 Jan, 2013 04:03am

Leftist Zeman wins Czech presidency

PRAGUE, Jan 26: Czechs chose outspoken veteran leftist Milos Zeman, an ex-premier, as their new president in the Saturday run-off of the EU republic’s first direct election, defeating Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, an aristocrat whose Sex Pistols-inspired social media campaign fell flat.Zeman garnered 54.82-per cent support with virtually all votes counted.—AFP

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