Haiti vote recount

Haiti's electoral council will recount the vote in the country's disputed election in view of election monitors and potentially the three leading candidates themselves, the council president said yesterday.

The decision follows rioting sparked by the announcement that government-backed candidate Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat were poised to enter a January runoff, while entertainer Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly had apparently been narrowly eliminated.