Kazakh veteran leader re-elected by landslide – election commission

ASTANA, Apr 27:  Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev won 97.7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election, securing a new five-year term at the helm of the oil-rich nation, the Central Election Commission announced today, citing early data.Nazarbayev, 74, has ruled the Central Asian nation since 1989, when he became its Communist Party boss.   (AGENCIES)