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16 May 2010
BRASIL: Rousseff Edges Ahead Of Serra in Polls.
REUTERS/ For the first time, Dilma Rousseff has pulled ahead of her challenger in the presidential race, besting former Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra in the polls by a slim 3 percentage points...making it a statistical tie. Rousseff was favored by 38% of voters to 35% for Serra.