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  Recount of disputed Taiwan election begins   (Agencies)  Updated: 2004-05-10 13:26  
 
 
 
   Judges and lawyers examine ballots cast in a 
 hotly contested "presidential" election in Taoyuan on May 10, 2004, the 
 first day of a recount to resolve a bitter political dispute that has 
 sparked violent street protests and paralysed policymaking on the island. 
 The legal process is estimated to take at least 10 days. [Reuters]
   An election worker counts ballots cast in a 
 hotly contested election in Taoyuan on May 10, 2004, the first day of 
 a recount to resolve a bitter political dispute that has sparked violent 
 street protests and paralyzed policymaking on the island. 
 [Reuters]
   Workers transport boxes of sealed ballots of 
 the disputed March 20 election to a courthouse in Taipei May 9, 2004, on 
 the eve of an island-wide vote recount. Chen Shui-bian's razor-thin 
 election victory is being contested by opposition candidate Lien Chan who 
 has filed two lawsuits with the "High Court", with one seeking to nullify 
 Chen's narrow win and another seeking to invalidate the entire 
 election.[Reuters]
   An armed policeman stands guard next to an 
 administative building in which ballots of the March 20 election are 
 stored, awaiting a recount, Sunday, May 9, 2004. 
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