Portugal elects president amid economic worries (AP)

Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva, center, is joined by his family on stage at the end of his election campaign closing rally Friday, Jan. 21 2011 in Lisbon. Portuguese voters fearing their nation is heading toward economic disaster seem poised to re-elect the conservative economist Cavaco Silva as president Sunday in a vote that could make governing difficult for the nation's Socialist prime minister. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP – Portugal’s financial crisis weighed heavily in the country’s presidential election Sunday, with opinion polls indicating an emphatic victory for the conservative incumbent after the Socialist government enacted deeply unpopular austerity measures.

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