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NEWSFLASH: Gore Concedes Defeat
America has a president elect - Democrat Al Gore has conceded defeat to Republican George W. Bush, handing him the presidency.
In his address to America at 3pm NZ time, Mr Gore said he accepted the decision of the US Supreme Court but said he strongly disagreed with it.
However, he
said the need for national unity in America was more
important than party
politics.
Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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