Rivals both claim victory in Georgia’s hotly contested vote

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Voters in Georgia have cast ballots in a parliamentary election hotly contested between the governing party founded by a billionaire and an alliance around the country’s ex-president who has spent years in self-imposed exile. After the polls closed, both the billionaire and the former leader quickly claimed victory, setting stage for more political turmoil in the ex-Soviet nation on the Black Sea. Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream Party ha