Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: World IN BRIEF GHANA Military Ruler Leads in Presidential Vote Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 07:07:09 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: World IN BRIEF GHANA Military Ruler Leads in Presidential Vote Publication Date: Thursday November 5, 1992 BYLINE: Military ruler Jerry Rawlings took a commanding lead in results from Ghana's first presidential election in 13 years. The returns showed Rawlings with 58% of the vote, enough to avoid a runoff with his leading challenger, history professor Albert Adu Boahen. Election monitors from the Carter Center in Atlanta said there were no signs of fraud. However, authorities clamped a curfew on the central town of Kumasi after violence there spurred by opposition charges that there was massive rigging in Tuesday's voting. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Rawlings, a fiery populist, has won praise in international financial circles for dragging Ghana back from the brink of economic ruin. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM