Analyst Marquand says Macedonia has further angered Greece by naming a main roadway and,earlier, the national airport after the ancient conqueror Alexander the Great.

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Who was Phillip of Macedonia's son?

谁是马其顿菲利浦王的儿子？

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He was born in the northern part of Greece, in a city called Stagira, which is part of what is now called Macedonia.

他诞生于希腊北部，一座名为，Stagira，的城市，即现在的马其顿。

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Analyst and reporter of the respected Christian Science Monitor publication, Robert Marquand, says Sunday's ballot is crucial for Macedonia's attempts to join organizations such as the European Union.

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He is also expected to face a strong challenge from a candidate representing Macedonia's ethnic-Albanian minority,Imer Selmani, who has been nicknamed the Macedonian Obama after the United States president.

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Analysts say nationalistic tensions remain high as Macedonia has been struggling to find its own identity since becoming an independent nation in 1991, following the break up of Yugoslavia.

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"But it is an important election in the sense that they need to be free,fair and non violent in order for Macedonia to qualify for certain EU accession membership qualifications."

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Presidential candidate Ivanov has told his supporters he wants to help overcome nationalistic divisions in Macedonia, which narrowly averted civil war in 2001, following a peace deal between ethnic-Albanian fighters and Macedonian security forces.

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A camera only shows women's legs walking on high heels disappearing in the crowd, while an announcer encourages women to vote "independently" in the presidential and local elections Sunday in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia.

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