Top presidential candidates in Georgia face runoff

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Election officials in the former Soviet republic of Georgia say the top two candidates in Sunday’s presidential elections garnered less than 50 percent of the vote, paving the way for a runoff.
The Central Election Commission said on Monday that preliminary results show two former foreign ministers — Salome Zurabishvili and Grigol Vashadze — won 39 and 38 percent of the vote, respectively, amid a field of 25 candidates. A runoff between the two is