RIGA, Latvia, May 31, SPA -- Latvian lawmakers on Thursday elected Valdis Zatlers, a medical doctor, as the Baltic state's next president. Zatlers, whose candidacy had been proposed by the ruling center-right coalition, received 58 votes in the 100-member parliament, while opponent Aivars Endzins received 39 votes, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/454746