Afghan leader maintains lead in vote count
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his early lead in the country&#39;s election for head of state with just over eight percent of the vote counted.
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As counting in Afghanistan's presidential  election neared its end, a dip in incumbent Hamid Karzai's lead  on Saturday increased the burden on an independent panel to  decide if voting irregularities could have upset the result.
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The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has taken lead in the presidential polls as he had secured 77 percent of the votes counted so far, a spokesman of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said Saturday.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai nudged closer to victory in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential poll with nearly two-thirds of the vote counted, officials said Thursday.
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President Hamid Karzai maintained his early lead in Afghanistan's election after just over eight percent of the ballots had been counted, the election commission said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of  victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the  result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few  hundred ballot boxes are counted, an official said on Monday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of  victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the  result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few  ballot boxes are counted, an official said Monday.
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Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai has been keeping on leading the ballot counting as he garnered 62.6 percent of the votes counted till Wednesday noon, Afghan election website said.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s vote count has reached 99 percent, with incumbent Hamid Karzai on a landslide 55.3 percent of votes with a 39 percentage point lead over his nearest rival.
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Early results today put interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals in Afghanistanâs landmark presidential election as the vote count was suspended for the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s historic elections is almost finished, with incumbent President Hamid Karzai on course to win a simple majority.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course Tuesday for an outright victory in the country&#39;s historic presidential election with more than a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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With 99 percent of the votes still to be counted in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai had taken a lead that many observers expect him to retain right to the end of a marathon count.
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With almost half the votes counted in Afghanistan&#39;s election Wednesday, Karzai looked set to win a clear victory with 61.4 percent of the votes already under his belt.
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KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan&#39;s interim leader, Hamid Karzai, held a 45 percentage point lead Monday in preliminary results from the country&#39;s first presidential election, though a chief rival said the validity of the vote was in doubt.
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Hamid Karzai has a 45-point lead after the first million votes are counted in the country's presidential election.
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.