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Sat, Feb 25 2012 Video shows exact moment of train crash in Argentina Thu, Feb 23 2012 Senegal's Wade booed while voting in tense polls Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Senegalese to vote in test of nation's stability Sat, Feb 25 2012 Senegal police clash with rioters as vote looms Sun, Feb 19 2012 Senegal opposition urges more "resistance" after riots Sat, Jan 28 2012 Analysis & Opinion Parents to get top marks for voting in UP How Ron Paul may have won — and lost — Maine Related Topics World » United Nations » Related Video Conflict continues in Senegal as election looms Fri, Feb 24 2012 1 of 3. A Senegalese man votes during Senegal's presidential election in the capital Dakar, February 26, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Youssef Boudlal By Diadie Ba and Mark John DAKAR | Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:36am EST DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, who is seeking to extend his 12-year rule in the West African state despite complaints he is violating term limits, was heckled by scores of voters as he cast his ballot on Sunday. The election comes after weeks of violent street protests against the 85-year-old's bid for a third term in office and a stream of warnings that Senegal's reputation as an established democracy now hangs in the balance. More than a hundred people booed and chanted "Wade go away" in the local Wolof language as the visibly annoyed leader, seen as favorite against a fractured opposition, was ushered out of the polling station by his aides without giving a speech. Foreign powers and diplomats issued last minute appeals for calm and a transparent vote, and a top African mediator failed to secure an agreement between Wade and his rivals over a shortened term for the incumbent if he won. "We are closely watching the development of the situation. I have been concerned about what is happening there," United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told journalists when asked about Senegal during a visit to Zambia on Saturday. Polling stations across Dakar appeared to open on time at 0800 GMT, or with only slight delays, and voting proceeded in an organized fashion, according to witnesses. In the working class neighborhood of Parcelles Assainies, hundreds of voters, many in their best clothes and some fingering prayer beads, lined up patiently. "You can see the determination of the people, they want change," said Awa Faye Ndoye, a housewife, after she voted. She predicted people would take to the streets in protest if Wade was declared winner. Despite facing heavy opposition to his candidacy among Senegal's urban youth, Wade claims strong support particularly in rural areas, and has said he is confident of a win in the election's first round of voting. "FATHER OF THE NATION" Senegal is the only country in mainland West Africa that has not suffered a coup since independence and previous elections have gone mostly smoothly, a record the former French colony has worn as a badge of democratic distinction. But the run-up to Sunday's poll has been tense, with Wade's rivals saying he should not be allowed to stand due to term limits but the incumbent saying restrictions were brought in after he took power, so his first term should not count. Senegal's top legal body in late January approved Wade's candidacy, triggering a fresh wave of clashes between rock-throwing protesters and police firing tear gas and rubber bullets in which at least six people have been killed. Senegal music star Youssou N'Dour, a vocal critic of Wade who's own bid to run in the election was turned down on technical grounds, said he feared a fraudulent outcome. "We will not accept an electoral coup here - the Senegalese are not stupid ... The rest of the world is watching what goes on in Senegal very closely," he told reporters at a polling booth in the middle class Dakar district of Amitie. Washington has said Wade's decision to run again was regrettable while Paris has said it was time for Senegal's younger generation to take power. But Wade, a veteran of years in opposition before he took power in 2000, has mocked rivals at home for failing to mobilize a significant challenge and batted critics from abroad. "This is Africa. Yes, I am old but I am physically well," Wade told French weekly Sunday newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche. "My age has become an advantage. I am president and father of the nation. This is what the Europeans do not understand." Wade has touted infrastructure projects including new roads and an airport as major achievements. But he has been criticized for not doing enough to improve the lives of ordinary Senegalese, particularly in the capital. "You can't deny that he's done certain things like the roads, but you can't eat infrastructure," said Beyda Fall, a 50 year-old who works for an Internet technology company, outside a polling station in the Dakar suburb of Pikine. Some 5.1 million Senegalese are eligible to vote for the 14 contenders, which include top rivals Macky Sall and Idrissa Seck, both former prime ministers who had served under Wade. Days before voting took place, the European Union observer mission warned that 500,000 voters, nearly 9 percent of the electorate, were yet to collect their voter cards. Amid the rows over Wade's candidacy, warnings of further violence and talks over possibly limiting Wade's time in power if he won, some Senegalese retained hope in the process. 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