By Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press SYDNEY — Eight days after Australia’s general election ended in uncertainty, the prime minister finally claimed victory Sunday for his conservative coalition, bringing an end to the country’s political paralysis — at least for the moment. Though the question of who won the July 2 election was answered, the question of exactly how the conservatives will rule the fractured Parliament was not. With official results still days or even weeks away, it was unclear whether Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberal Party-led coalition had won enough votes to govern in its own right, or whether it would need the support of independent and minor party lawmakers to form a minority government. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull smiles as he speaks at the government offices in Sydney, Sunday, July 10, 2016. Turnbull said that his conservative coalition government was re-elected for a second three-year term, after a chaotic national [...]
