Mongolia opposition claims victory

Mongolia's opposition democrats claimed what would be a stunning victory on Monday in parliamentary elections disputed by Prime Minister Nambaryn Enkhbayar who accused his rivals of widespread vote rigging.
Enkhbayar's Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and the opposition Motherland Democratic Coalition (MDC) each won 36 seats in the Great Hural, or parliament, election committee officials said citing the first official preliminary result.
If officially confirmed by the election committee, the result would be a dramatic reversal for the MPRP, which had 72 seats in the 76-seat parliament before Sunday's polls and had been confident of an overwhelming victory.