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Mon 01 Jan 2007Serbian Radicals look set for victory in electionSerbia:Serbia's ultra-nationalist Radical Party appeared last night to have beaten the western-backed, pro-EU Democratic Party in an election that offered voters two starkly different visions of the Balkan nation's future.An independent polling agency said that projections showed the Radicals taking 28.5 per cent of the ballot, with the Democrats claiming about 22 per cent and prime minister Vojislav Kostunica's party coming third with about 17 per cent. Turnout was about 60 per cent.