New preliminary election results in Afghanistan show incumbent president Hamid Karzai winning re-election without a second round of voting. But allegations of fraud continue to mar the electoral process. Now European Union observers say that up to a quarter of the ballots cast are suspect. The World’s Jason Margolis has details.
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