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Afghanistan annuls nearly a quarter of ballots (AP)

October 20th, 2010

Afghan policeman stands by a burning oil tanker after an explosive device which was planted underneath it exploded, on the Jalalabad-Torkham highway, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct . 20, 2010.  (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)AP - Afghanistan has thrown out nearly a quarter of ballots cast in last month’s parliamentary elections because of fraud, according to full preliminary results released Wednesday.


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Early results: New constitution for Kenya likely (AP)

August 5th, 2010

A voter waits outside a polling station to vote in a referendum on the constitution at River Park Primary School in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010. Kenyans formed long lines before sunrise across the country Wednesday to vote on a new constitution that would reduce the powers of the presidency in the nation's first ballot since postelection violence left more than 1,000 dead. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - Preliminary results announced Thursday showed that Kenya’s new constitution is likely to pass overwhelmingly, but opponents of the new draft questioned the returns.


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