October 25, 2004

World wants to be counted in U.S. election

PARIS -- At crunch time in U.S. presidential elections, the perennial swing state of Ohio gets plenty of attention, blitzed by the candidates and their volunteers. But this time, Ohioans are also being courted from some unusual, far-flung places.

From the west African desert nation of Mauritania, an illiterate 78-year-old woman has been bombarding her nephew in Cincinnati with phone calls urging him to spread the word that Americans shouldn't vote for George W. Bush. Khadijeto Mint Vall prays five times a day for the president's defeat.

"Allah the powerful must get rid of Bush," she said as she shopped at a dusty market in the capital, Nouakchott, for vegetables, dates and milk.

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