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Maduro Re-elected in Controversial Venezuela Poll

Opponents of Maduro dismiss his election victory as a farce.

There's been international condemnation of Venezuela's presidential election, which saw Nicolás Maduro re-elected in a landslide. Also: The populist parties which won Italy's general election seek permission to form a coalition government; a new study finds Aboriginal Australians did not arrive on the continent accidentally 50,000 years ago but as part of a planned migration.

(Photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Credit: JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Mon 21 May 201809:06GMT

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  • Mon 21 May 201809:06GMT

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