Ecuador to partially recount presidential vote after challenge

Ecuador's electoral council late Thursday night approved a partial recount of votes in the recent disputed presidential election, in a bid to highlight what it says was a fair process after the losing conservative candidate said there was fraud.The April 2 election was won by the government's socialist candidate Lenin Moreno in a close contest, rebutting a tide of market-friendly governments that have recently come to power in South America.The recount of the equivalent of 1.2 million votes, whi