Jorge Batlle, of the Colorado Party, was elected president of Uruguay , beating his left-wing rival, Tabare Vazquez, by a margin of seven-and-a-half percentage points.

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Royal XV skipper Willhelm Koch stretched out for a close-range try before hooker Rayno Barnes rounded off an impressive driving maul to give their side the 15-point margin before O'Gara's inside pass set up wing Tommy Bowe to cross.

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On March 21st, the candidate of the right-wing National Republican Alliance (Arena) party, Tony Saca, won by a wide margin in El Salvador's presidential election.

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