Election win by Georgia’s governing party triggers protests

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Preliminary election results show that Georgia’s ruling party won the country’s highly contested parliamentary election. But the opposition refused to recognize Sunday’s results as valid, saying they were manipulated. Georgia’s Central election commission said that with 99% of ballots counted, the Georgian Dream party had received 48.1% of the vote in Saturday’s election. The biggest opposition alliance led by the United National Moveme