Karzai Set to Win Afghan Election; Rival Awaits Investigation
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Preliminary vote totals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election appear to give transitional leader Hamid Karzai a numeric lock on the victory.
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PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.
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Afghanistan's protracted election vote count finally drew to a close with President Hamid Karzai the landslide victor, but an official declaration of his win still awaited the verdict of a fraud probe.
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Hamid Karzai nears victory in Afghanistan's presidential election with 60% of votes halfway through the count.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is on course for a clear victory in the country's historic election, with more than half the votes counted.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Weekend counting shows interim President Hamid Karzai is well ahead of his rivals and on course to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf in Islamabad on Monday, seven weeks before going to the polls in Afghanistan&#39;s first ever presidential elections.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s deputies campaigned for him on Saturday ahead of presidential elections seven days later, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to Germany to collect an international award.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai remains on course to retain his position as counting continues in the country&#39;s first democratic election.
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Counting in Afghanistan's presidential election concluded Tuesday, with U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner, a senior official said.
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count is expected to conclude but several procedural steps remain before any declaration of incumbent Hamid Karzai's landslide victory in the historic ballot.
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Afghanistan was preparing on Tuesday to  count votes after rivals of President Hamid Karzai said they  had withdrawn their rejection of the weekend presidential poll.
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Afghanistan&#39;s election tomorrow, after 22 years of war, is likely to return Interim President Hamid Karzai as leader amid threats of violence and questions about the legitimacy of the process.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeye) has a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential elections, but he&#39;s not the winner yet.
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count is expected to conclude Tuesday but several procedural steps remain before any declaration of incumbent Hamid Karzai's landslide victory in the historic ballot.
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Another top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai ended his boycott of the  process on Wednesday, but vote counting was further delayed as  a panel began to sift through dozens of complaints of fraud.
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Hamid Karzai was set to become Afghanistan's first elected president after winning historic October 9 polls by a landslide, but a fraud inquiry and a slow final count delayed a formal announcement.