Ex-Chile pres Bachelet quits race to be next UN chief

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Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile, withdrew her candidacy for the position of United Nations secretary-general, weeks after a straw poll showed her in second-to-last place among eight candidates. "Today I announced that I have decided not to continue with my candidacy for the position of secretary-general of the United Nations," Bachelet, who served as Chile's first female leader, said