Australians vote in cliffhanger poll

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Melbourne: Australians on Saturday voted in a general election billed as one of the tightest in decades in which their first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard is pitted against her Conservative rival Tony Abbott.

Polling stations, set up at 7700 locations across the country, opened at 8 am local time (0330 hrs IST) and more than 14 million people were enrolled to vote, with last-minute opinion polls showing only a small gap between Gillard and Abbott.Read More