Karzai Maintains Lead Over Qanooni in Afghan Presidential Poll
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai maintained his lead over the main opposition candidate Yunus Qanooni in early results from the Oct. 9 presidential election, according to the election Web site.
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KABUL: Yunus Qanooni, chief rival to incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, said Wednesday he would accept the outcome of the countryâs presidential poll âin the national interestâ despite his allegations of fraud.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai drew &quot;great happiness&quot; from his lead in Afghanistan's presidential election, his spokesman said, but will not claim victory until results are officially certified.
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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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Description: Interim President Hamid Karzai is the unofficial winner of this month&#39;s Afghan national elections, according to preliminary results.
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai was preparing on Saturday to celebrate victory in Afghanistanâs 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&#39;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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai on   Tuesday shrugged off complaints from Pakistani President Pervez   Musharraf about his handling of a resurgent Taliban a day ahead   of joint talks with Musharraf and President Bush.
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The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has taken lead in the presidential polls as he had secured 77 percent of the votes counted so far, a spokesman of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said Saturday.
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The first results released in Afghanistan's presidential election put President Hamid Karzai in the lead after 7513 votes were counted in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan's electoral commission said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan: Afghanistan&#39;s interim leader, Hamid Karzai, held a 45 percentage point lead Monday in preliminary results from the country&#39;s first presidential election, though a chief rival said the validity of the vote was in doubt.
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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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The interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to final victory as he has captured 54.3 percent of over 7 million votes counted till Sunday noon, said Afghan election commission website.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Early results show interim Afghan president Hamid Karzai leading in that country&#39;s first free presidential election.
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KABUL, OCTOBER 25: President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the October 9 election, results posted Sunday on the election commissionâs website show, effectively securing his position as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president.
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Early results Friday showed interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s first democratic presidential election after a quarter-century of war.
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Supporters of Afghan President Hamid Karzai say he is on course to win the presidential elections, with about one-quarter of the votes counted.