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Opposition not ready for election

    JOHANNESBURG

    Angola's opposition parties say the country needs more time to rebuild before holding elections next year, the independent Catholic radio station, 'Radio Ecclesia' said on Thursday. "The conditions are not there. The country is destroyed, the roads are mined, the bridges are destroyed," the radio station quoted Bengui Pedro Joao of the Social Democratic Party as saying.

    This week, president Jose Eduardo dos Santos called for elections in November 2001, the first for nine years. According to Angola's constitution, elections should be held this year.

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