Dili (ANTARA News/AFP) - Voting began Monday in East Timor`s presidential run-off election, as the young democracy prepares to celebrate its first decade of independence and bid goodbye to UN forces.

Polls opened at 7:00 am (2200 GMT Sunday), an AFP correspondent saw, in a contest that pits Francisco Guterres "Lu Olo" against Taur Matan Ruak, both heroes of the nation`s 24-year war against Indonesian occupation. (*)

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