Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor and longtime U.S. ambassador-at-large who came to witness the election, told The Associated Press that both candidates had assured him they would respect the outcome of the vote.

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"This verdict instructs us all that leaders are not immune from prosecution and in the very heart of the Arab world, in a civilian court, a leader has actually been brought to justice, " said David Scheffer, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes.

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That's why last September I joined Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues and hundreds of other global female leaders in San Francisco for a dialogue on fostering women's economic empowerment as part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation's (APEC) Women and the Economy Summit.

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