Congratulations to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for his win this morning in the FIDE Presidential election. The following blurp is from the Chessbase website:

Ilyumzhinov wins FIDE election by 95 votes to 55
29.09.2010 – The vote took two hours, and the final count was 95 for the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, 55 for the challenger Anatoly Karpov and three abstentions (four years ago Ilyumzhinov beat Bessel Kok by 96-54). The renewed victory was achieved mostly with votes from smaller federations in Asia, Africa and South America, while Karpov's votes came mainly from European countries. Four more years for Kirsan.

Especially important to Canada and a few other nations is the FIDE promise to reimburse federations for extra costs associated with the airline rescheduling.