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Monday, 27 May, 2002, 07:26 GMT 08:26 UK
In pictures: Colombia elects new leader
War-weary voters in Colombia have returned Alvaro Uribe, a radical hard-liner, as their next president, giving him a historic first-round landslide.
![]() Colombians had 11 candidates to choose from.
![]() But one issue dominated this campaign - the civil war.
![]() Over 200,000 soldiers and police were deployed to protect voters
![]() One candidate, Ingrid Betancourt, has been abducted by leftist rebels.
![]() The candidates of the established parties were standing again.
![]() But their supporters were to be disappointed
![]() Alvaro Uribe, an independent with a strong line on security, was in.
![]() His supporters enjoy their triumph, but analysts predict a new spiral of war
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