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Ouattara secures second term

President Alassane Ouattara won a blowout poll victory and a second five-year term in a weekend vote intended to draw a line under years of turmoil and a 2011 civil war, the elections commission announced on Wednesday. Ouattara won more than 2.1 million votes, or 83.6 percent of ballots cast, President of the Independent Electoral Commission Youssouf Bakayoko announced at a media conference. Sunday's vote had a turnout of 54.6 percent, he said.