Uganda's Museveni wins fifth term as detained rival rejects result

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni extended his three-decade rule on Saturday, after winning a fifth term in polls rejected as fraudulent by the opposition leader under house arrest. The veteran 71-year-old won 60 percent of the vote in the sometimes chaotic elections, far ahead of the 35 percent garnered by detained opposition chief Kizza Besigye, whose house was surrounded by dozens of armed police in riot gear. Large numbers of police and troops have been deployed, with the streets of the cap