Gabon opposition leader challenges election result in court

By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's opposition leader lodged a challenge to the presidential election result at the constitutional court on Thursday, hoping to overturn his defeat in a vote whose validity has been questioned at home and abroad. Jean Ping lost the Aug. 27 election to President Ali Bongo by fewer than 6,000 votes, a result that sparked days of riots in which at least six people were killed. "Ping's demand is for a recount of the votes in the province of Hau