By Yara Bayoumy and George Obulutsa NAIROBI, March 5 (Reuters) - A politician wanted for war crimes in the Hague was leading in Kenya's presidential vote tally with about half of ballots counted on Tuesday in a country hoping to avert a repeat of ethnic carnage during its last vote five years ago. Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces international charges of crimes against humanity linked to the last election, was provisionally ahead of Prime Minister Raila Odinga by 53 to 42 percent with about half the votes counted. But Kenyatta, son of the country's independence leader and one of Africa's richest men, could still fall short of victory as the count goes on. Odinga's camp says results are not yet in from many of his strongholds. If no candidate secures a 50 percent majority, a second round would have to be held. Kenyans hope the vote will restore their nation's image as one of Africa's most stable democracies after bloodshed at the last election, whe...
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