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Chaos and queues blight first election since 1992

Voting deadline extended as nation emerges from civil war in unsteady steps From Louise Redvers in Luanda

IT ALL started so promisingly. Angola's first election in 16 years was hailed as a high-tech success waiting to happen, with more than eight million people electronically registered and sophisticated technology to support the ballot.