Moldova to recount disputed vote

Moldova's constitutional court has agreed to hold a recount of a general election whose results sparked violent protests in the capital, Chisinau.The court on Sunday agreed to stage a recount after a request from President Vladimir Voronin, whose Communist Party won the disputed vote."The Constitutional Court of Moldova hereby orders the Central Election Commission to recount within nine days all ballots cast by voters in the election of April 5," Dumitru Pulbere, the court’s chairman, said.The results of the vote prompted hundreds of anti-Communist activists to turnout in Chisinau, with some protesters storming the president’s office and the parliament.The vote had been given a clean bill of health by election monitors from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.