Burundi Picks President
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<i> Reuters</i>
BUJUMBURA, Burundi — Burundi, teetering on the edge of an ethnic blood bath like the one that occurred this year in neighboring Rwanda, chose a new acting president Friday.
The national assembly elected Sylvestre Ntibantuganya, 38, a member of the majority Hutu tribe.
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