Karzai wins Afghanistanâs first direct election
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Interim President Hamid Karzai has won Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the spokesman for the election commission said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top election official says vote counting is through in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. The election&#39;s top technical officer told The Associated Press that US-backed interim president Hamid Karzai is the winner.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as  Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a  ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense  Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai won a landslide  victory in Afghanistan's first ever presidential election at  the weekend, according to an exit poll conducted by a U.S.  think tank.
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan&#39;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 -- Early results showed interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals yesterday in Afghanistan&#39;s first democratic presidential election after 25 years of war.
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan poll suggest interim Hamid Karzai has won enough votes to be elected.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai was officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election yesterday, more than three weeks after votes were cast, giving him a five-year mandate to try to steer this country out of a quarter
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KABUL: Hamid Karzai has won outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election according to preliminary results, the interim leader&#39;s supporters and chief rival said Sunday.
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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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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai says he hopes the country&#39;s first direct presidential election on October 9 will be decided in the first round.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony in the capital Kabul, witnesses said.
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The votes in rugged Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct election will be counted by hand, after more than 24,000 ballot boxes are carried across its mountains and arid plains by donkey, helicopter and truck.
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President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s election, clinching a five-year term and becoming the country&#39;s first democratically elected leader
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: Interim leader Hamid Karzai, was on course on Sunday to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader, as results poured in from its landmark vote for President.
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What a difference the ballot makes. The election of Hamid Karzai as the first popularly elected president of Afghanistan is a dramatic affirmation of the power of democracy.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Early results show interim Afghan president Hamid Karzai leading in that country&#39;s first free presidential election.