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2ND ADD: One killed, two wounded in election quarrel
Nov 9, 2010, 16:27 GMT
Amman - A man was killed and two wounded in the Karak area, 120 kilometres south of Amman, in a shootout between supporters of rival candidates, Elections Committee spokesman Samih Maaytah announced.
Maaytah also put the turnout throughout Jordan one hour before the closure of ballot boxes at 50.2 per cent.
The turnout ranged between 31 per cent in Amman and about 80 per cent in Bedouin areas.
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