Afghanistan&#39;s First Elected President Takes Oath in Triumph
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The first freely elected president in Afghanistan&#39;s 5,000-year history took the oath of office here today. &quot;Nothing makes me more hopeful to the future
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first elected president in a ceremony attended by several foreign dignitaries, including US Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld, report agencies.
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Hamid Karzai on Tuesday vowed to fight drugs and terrorism and work hard to lead his country forward as he was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first directly-elected president.
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A ring of steel was placed around the  Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn  in as the country's first popularly elected President at a  ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for  easing him into power.
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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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Afghanistan&#39;s president, Hamid Karzai, has sworn in a new cabinet that sidelines powerful militia leaders in favour of reformers.
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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, Nov. 3 -- President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday was officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's first-ever democratic presidential election more than three weeks after votes were cast, giving him a five-year mandate to try to steer this country out of a quarter-century of civil war and strife.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, opening a new chapter for the impoverished country, which became a haven for international
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Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by US Deputy President Dick Cheney and Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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The leader of Afghanistan&#39;s interim government, Hamid Karzai, has been officially declared the winner of last month&#39;s presidential election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, and new Cabinet members during the swearing in ceremony of the country&#39;s new Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Kabul Dec. 24.
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Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as his country's first elected president Tuesday, facing a huge amount of more work to rebuild a land still traumatized by more than a quarter century of war.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.
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US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Wednesday&#39;s announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.
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Voting has begun in Afghanistan for the first direct presidential election in the country's history.