Karzai Declared Winner of Afghan Election
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Hamid Karzaiâs chief rivals in Afghanistanâs presidential election conceded defeat today after the US-backed interim leader was declared its first popularly elected leader.
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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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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the Afghan election, securing over 55 % and paving for the way for him to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai officially became Aghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president Tuesday in a swearing-in ceremony attended by US Vice President Dick Cheney and about other 150 foreign dignitaries.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of victory in his country&#39;s historic presidential poll, but the result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few hundred
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Incumbent Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the body organizing the vote has said.
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Interim leader Hamid Karzai has clinched a majority of the votes in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election under near-complete results Monday, leaving him all but certain of becoming this war-wrecked nation&#39;s first democratically
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s chief rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election conceded defeat yesterday, a day after the US-backed interim leader was declared the winner.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- With the counting effectively &quot;over and done,&quot; incumbent Hamid Karzai is the clear winner in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, a senior official has said.
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HERAT, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s election, effectively clinching a five-year term and becoming the country&#39;s first democratically elected leader, according to preliminary results released Sunday.
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KABUL, DECEMBER 7: Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected President on Tuesday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the economyâs dependence on narcotics.
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Afghan interim president Hamid Karzai, having gained over 54 percent of the votes counted so far,has successfully surmounted all the barriers towards final victory,an official of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said.
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Exactly three years after the American-led overthrow of the Taliban, Hamid Karzai was inaugurated as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president yesterday, to the evident satisfaction of the Bush administration.
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THE CEREMONY: Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a five-year term as Afghan president after winning the country&#39;s first vote for head of state.
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces