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| Colombia vote: Santos re-elected as president | |
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| Juan Manuel Santos has won re-election in Colombia's most dramatic presidential contest in years. | |
| Mr Santos won 51% of votes and saw off his right-wing challenger Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, who had 45%. | |
| Correspondents say the victory will be seen as an endorsement of the president's ongoing peace talks with the leftist Farc rebel group. | |
| Mr Zuluaga had said he would halt the talks unless the rebels ceased all hostilities. | |
| Mr Santos launched peace talks with the Farc in November 2012. | |
| The negotiations, which are being held in Cuba, are aimed at ending five decades of conflict. | |
| He expects a deal to be signed by the end of the year, with the Farc giving up their armed struggle and joining the legal political process. | |
| Mr Santos, 62, will be inaugurated in August for a new four-year term. |