Karzai team '100 percent sure' of victory despite irregularities probe
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Hamid Karzai's campaign team said it was &quot;100 percent sure&quot; of victory in Afghanistan's first presidential election, even though the final result cannot be declared until complaints from all candidates are investigated and the last vote is counted.
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan presidential election indicate interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the simple majority needed to avoid a run-off.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - A panel investigating allegations of fraud in Afghanistanâs landmark presidential election met Monday with representatives of runaway winner Hamid Karzaiâs opponents, who accuse him of cheating his way to victory.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections, according to preliminary results released Sunday.
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Hamid Karzai has won Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election, a spokesman for the electoral board said Wednesday, after investigators concluded that fraud and technical errors were too minor to overturn his triumph.
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Hamid Karzai's victory in Afghanistan's first presidential election could be sealed within days, a top election adviser said Wednesday &#151; unless investigators uncover major fraud.
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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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Hamid Karzai was preparing to celebrate victory in Afghanistan's first presidential elections as he maintained a clear majority with more than 75 percent of the vote counted.
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With 99 percent of the votes still to be  counted in Afghanistan'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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KABUL  - Incumbent leader Hamid Karzai&#39;s chief rival Yunus Qanooni told AFP he would accept the outcome of Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election despite his allegations of fraud.
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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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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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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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25 October 2004 -- With nearly all the votes counted, Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai appears on his way to an outright victory in the initial round of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever direct presidential election.
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The latest official preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s 9 October 9 presidential election show transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the clear majority needed for an outright first-round victory.
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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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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