From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

A vote too close to call, contested ballots, left versus right.

No, it's not Florida 2000. It's Mexico, 2006.

I'm Sarah Terry sitting in for Warren Only, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The latest results from Mexico's cliffhanger presidential election indicate the conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has won, but his leftist rival has vowed to challenge the count in court.

What's at stake for Mexico? Will the new president be able to govern effectively? How will the

election affect the divide between rich and poor? We'll look at the impact on Mexico's relations

with the U.S. On reporter's notebook, easier said than done. Destroying chemical weapons is a lot

messier and a lot more

expensive than the U.S. Army thought it would be. First, here's the news.

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I'm Sarah Terry, sitting in for Warren Olney, back with To the Point from PRI.

We'll be talking about Mexico's incredibly close presidential election,

the closest race in Mexican history.

With more than 99% of the vote counted, it appears

that ruling party candidate Felipe Calderon, a Harvard-educated conservative, has won. How will Mexico

cope with the aftermath of a bitterly contested election? On reporter's notebook later on, a funny

thing happened on the way to the chemical weapons garbage dump. The army has

discovered that getting rid of those weapons is costing a lot more and taking a lot longer

than they had planned for. First, this news update. In New York, the state Supreme Court has

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