Would a recount save Kenya?

Kenyan police fired teargas at crowds as post-election violence spread. If President Mwai Kibaki cares about his country, said The New York Times, he'll renounce the disputed results that gave him a second term. "Maybe, just maybe," Kibaki won f

What happened

Kenyan police fired teargas and water cannons at protesters on Thursday as crowds continued to vent their anger over President Mwai Kibaki’s disputed re-election. “This is dictatorship now,” one protester shouted. (The Washington Post, free registration)

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