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This is a combination picture of, top row left to right, Rudolf Schuster, Magda Vasaryova, Vladimir Meciar, and bottom row left to right, Jan Slota and Michal Kovac, who are among ten candidates for a new Slovak president. Slovaks go to polls Saturday, May 15, 1999, to elect the new head of state after the post was left vacant March 2, 1998 when former president Michal Kovac's term expired. (KEYSTONE/AP NY/STR)