Coup-leader President's Candidate Poised to Win Madagascar Vote

The candidate backed by Madagascar's coup-leader President Andry Rajoelina held on Wednesday an apparently unassailable lead in the island's runoff vote, which his rival's camp has said was rigged.   Former Finance Minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina has won more than 53 percent of the Dec. 20 vote with ballots counted in more than 99 percent of polling stations, provisional results showed.   The election, the first since former disk jockey Rajoelina ousted then...

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