Arab Today
Lithuania's incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaite, known as the "Iron Lady", took the lead in a presidential runoff Sunday, outpacing leftist rival Zigmantas Balcytis, partial results showed. Grybauskaite scored 55.5 percent support against 42.6 for Balcytis with one third of the vote counted amid widespread apprehension in the Baltic state over a resurgent Russia.