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DILI (Reuters) – Independence leader and Nobel laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, and incumbent leader Francisco Guterres have emerged as the early frontrunners in East Timor’s presidential election, official data showed. With more than 33% of the vote counted on Sunday afternoon, a day after the nation went to the polls, data from East Timor’s Technical Secretariat for Election Administration showed Ramos-Horta in the lead with 44.5%. The next closest was current president and former resistance fighter Guterres, with 24.1%, according to the election administration which is responsible for the offici…