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Second place went to opposi tion leader Julio Cesar Franco of the Authentic Radical Liberal Party with nearly 24 percent while Pedro Falud, a wealthy banker and independent founder of the Beloved Fatherland movement, placed third with nearly 23 percent. Duarte, a 46-year-old lawyer and former sportscaster, vowed to help workers and the poor and appealed to opposition leaders to join him in a national unity gov ernment to confront the growing financial turmoil. In a victory speech, Duarte sought to leave behind the often combative tone of the cam paign, praising his challengers’ efforts in what was the strongest opposition showing in Paraguay in decades. He even invited Franco to consider a post in his govern ment, calling the challenges it faces “a great task of national, political and economic recon- Paraguay elects Colorado Party veteran Nicanor Duarte defeated two challengers in Paraguay's Nicanor Duarte presidential election on Sunday, keeping the party’s half-century grip on power. With 82 percent of the ballot counted Others 17 % Nicanor Duarte Colorado Party 38 % Pedro Falud Julio Cesar Independent Franco 22 % Authentic Radical Liberal Party 23 % SOURCE: Associated Press AP struction.” Franco quickly reject ed the invitation saying he will remain his position to foster “constructive opposition.” Alternating between Spanish and Guarani, the language of the Paraguayan indigenous popula tion, Duarte addressed hundreds of cheering supporters celebrat ing his victory. “We need unity,” he said. “I call upon our opponents to build an intelligent opposition, so they can become an effective alterna tive to power.” He vowed to combat the ram pant corruption that has plagued Paraguay for decades. He announced a full reorganization of the customs and internal rev enue services, two well-known corruption sources. Duarte succeeds Luis Gonzalez Macchi for a five-year term beginning Aug. 15, but the incumbent — dogged by critics over his failure to revive the economy — has hinted he might leave office early to allow a new government take over. Gonzalez Macchi was appointed by the Senate four years ago after Raul Cubas resigned. Cubas stepped down after his vice president was assassinated, provoking bloody street protests. Gonzalez Macchi himself barely survived an impeachment attempt last February by a Congress that accused him of corruption — charges he denied. Since the 30-year military dictatorship of Gen. Alfredo Stroessner ended in 1989, Paraguay’s fledgling democracy has stumbled through political crises, coup attempts and assas sinations. Duarte flatly rejected accusa tions from his critics that he plans to privatize state-owned companies as a way to generate income for a government on the verge of bankruptcy. “There is no way we are going to auction the assets of the fatherland,” he said. “We are not going to give away a single piece of the national patrimony.” Instead, he said his govern ment will seek to renegotiate payments on the country’s $2.2 billion foreign debt and seek $500 million in loans from international lenders to finance a new highway construction program. Duarte will face a daunting task after his inauguration on Aug. 15. More than one of three Paraguayans lives in poverty. The government puts unemploy ment at 18 percent, but experts say it’s closer to 35 percent. The government, virtually broke, has scrambled to pay civil servant salaries. Only Bolivia is poorer in South America. New astronauts board space station, prepare for hand-over By Sarah Karush THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KOROLYOV, Russia — The three residents of the international space station welcomed two new comers who floated aboard Monday, the start of a five-day hand-over fraught with new challenges in the wake of the Columbia shuttle disaster. U.S. astronauts Kenneth Bowersox and Donald Pettit and Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin welcomed American Edward Lu and Russian Yuri Malenchenko aboard the space station after their Soyuz TMA-2 capsule docked. The crew will show Lu and Malenchenko around the station — much changed since the two were there in 2000 — and update their own knowledge of the Russian Soyuz, which they will use to return to Earth on Saturday. Originally, they were to return in the Atlantis, but the U.S. shuttle fleet has been grounded since the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on Feb. 1, killing all seven people aboard. At Mission Control outside Moscow, relatives and flight controllers applauded when the Soyuz docked with the station about 250 miles above the Earth. “I am just so happy and proud to see everything work out so well,” said Lu’s mother, Snowlily. His fiancee, Christine Romero, also was among those watching the docking. “Everyone is proud — not just for what Ed is doing, but for NASA and the international space station and for the space program as a whole, especially after the Columbia,” she said. All five men crowded together for a videolink with Mission Control. They grinned as NASA and Russian space officials congratulated them. “We’re very, very proud today at the work of our international team,” Bowersox said. Malenchenko said the outpost has grown since he was there. “It has become so big and beautiful,” he said. “We are very glad to be here, very glad to see our friends.” He and Lu blasted off Saturday from Russia’s Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on their way to the $60 billion station. Frederick Gregory, deputy administrator of NASA, said the international space station part nership has demonstrated its ability to overcome “any obstacle on this road to the future.” As the investigation into the Columbia disaster continues, it is not clear when U.S. shuttle flights will resume. The Russian Soyuz became the only ship capa ble of carrying crews to and from the space outpost, giving it a vital role in keeping the station manned. The Soyuz trip was put together in record time. Maintaining a manned presence on the space station and keeping it in good condition is vital until shuttle flights resume, at which point work on building and developing the station can contin ue, Gregory said. 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