Five weeks after Afghanistan's presidential elections, it's still unclear who will lead the country. Afghan and international officials are now hoping to break the logjam by agreeing to review ballots at about 10 percent of the nearly 3,100 polling stations flagged as suspicious by a U.N.-backed watchdog.
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