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Zelaya ahead in Honduras vote

EXIT POLLS Opposition leader Manuel Zelaya claimed victory after a survey gave him 50.6 percent of the vote, over 44.3 percent for the ruling party's candidate

AFP , TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS

Some 100,000 gangsters currently roam Honduras, according to the government, while the forum says there are only 45,000.

"We definitely are going to launch a real program to eradicate the scourge of crime," Zelaya pledged. "The scourge of gangs, of street crime and 'upscale' gangsters who go around in armored cars or luxury jets."

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