Thread: Uzbek leader wins new term with 88% (AP)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071224/ap_on_re_as/uzbekistan_election]Uzbek leader wins new term with 88% (AP)[/URL]



AP - Uzbekistan's authoritarian President Islam Karimov won a new term in office with 88.1 percent of the votes in an election dismissed by critics as a sham, according to figures released by the Central Elections Commission on Monday.