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Pro-Trump protestors have turned out at vote-counting centres in Arizona and other states, portending an ugly post-election battle. In Maricopa county, local Republicans, many carrying firearms, turned up to a vote-counting office to show their anger after Fox News gave Arizona, which officially is yet to declare, to Joe Biden.

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