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Independent MPs cross to ruling party

    JOHANNESBURG

    All four members of parliament elected as independent candidates during the June election in Malawi have crossed the floor to join President Bakili Muluzi's governing United Democratic Front, PANA news agency reported on Wednesday.

    Although the move has tilted the balance in favour of the ruling party, it has also "excited more legal battles" in an election already dogged by a long catalogue of unfinished petitions, the news agency said.

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