Comic likely to top first round as Ukraine chooses president

A comedian whose political experience is limited to playing the president on TV vowed to tackle Ukraine's corruption, as he voted Sunday in the first stage of a presidential election he is tipped to win.Actor Volodymyr Zelensky's bid began as a long shot but he has leapfrogged establishment politicians amid public anger over graft and stagnating living standards."A new life is beginning, a good life, without corruption, without bribes," the 41-year-old told journalists as he voted with his wife