Mexico Girds for Legal Battle as Election Yields a Near Tie

Felipe Calderon, a free-trade booster who wants to increase Mexico's presence in the global economy, held an ultra-thin lead of one percentage point over populist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in preliminary presidential election tallies released Monday. Teams of lawyers are girding for a massive challenge of the results, threatening a crisis reminiscent of the disputed 2000 US presidential election.

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