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Recounts Ordered at 2,500 Afghan Voting Sites

Total could drop Karzai low enough to require a run-off

By the Associated Press

Posted Sep 15, 2009 7:48 AM CDT

(AP) – A UN-backed monitoring body ordered Afghanistan's election commission to recount ballots from about 10% of the country's polling stations because of suspicious totals in last month's presidential vote, the AP reports. The recount order raises the possibility that President Hamid Karzai's lead could drop below...   Read full story »

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