Madelyn Dunham, the grandmother who was the anchor in the life of the child that was Barack Obama, died today just hours before polling stations opened in America's historic election.

贝拉克·奥巴马童年时的靠山外祖母玛德琳·邓纳姆(Madelyn Dunham)今日去世距离美国历史性的一次大选投票开始仅剩几个小时。

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In the less populated suburbs there were polling stations where not a single person had voted three hours after voting opened at 7:00 a.m. local time.

在人口相对稀少的郊区，当地时间上午七点，投票站开门，但是有些投票站在开门后三个小时里，一个人也没有来投票。

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At three polling stations in Lusaka, voters became angry waiting hours in the sun for election materials to arrive.

在首都卢萨卡的三个投票站，选民们在烈日下等待数小时后选举材料才送来，惹得他们大为恼火。

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Polling hours were extended to cater for the queues and frustrated voters were seen banging on polling station doors which were closed at 21:30.

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