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Bartering heats up for Afghan vote

A week before candidates can register for Afghanistan’s presidential election, there is still no favourite to succeed Hamid Karzai, but deal making is going on in earnest behind the scenes. Constitutionally barred from running for a third term, Karzai is seeking power still.