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                        Lithuania Votes for a President

   by VOA News

   Lithuanians are voting Sunday to elect a president.
   Incumbent Dalia Grybauskaite is widely expected to win a second term.
   However, it is not clear if she will win enough votes to avoid a runoff
   later this month.
   The election comes amid Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean
   peninsula.
   Lithuania was ruled by Russia during the Cold War.  President
   Grybauskaite has welcomed the presence of NATO troops in Lithuania
   since the upheaval in Ukraine.
   The 58-year-old president told reporters recently "Europe must
   understand that Russia is trying to redraw the post-war map and
   borders."
   The former European Union commissioner, who is a karate black belt,
   promised on the campaign trail last week that she would not flee in the
   face of Russian aggression, saying "I'll take a gun myself to defend
   the country, if that what's needed for national security."
   Some information for this report was provided by AP and AFP.
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