Karzai Clinches Afghan Poll Win, Rival Concedes
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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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Afghan presidential candidate Yunus Qanooni adjusts his glasses during an interview in Kabul on Sunday, Oct.17. 2004. Hamid Karzai&#39;s closest rival in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election refused to concede defeat
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A breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan's disputed elections was reached when the main rival to President Hamid Karzai said he would accept the result after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course on Tuesday for an outright victory in the country&#39;s historic presidential election with almost a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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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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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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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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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on course Tuesday for an outright victory in the country&#39;s historic presidential election with more than a quarter of the votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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Counting in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election has concluded, indicating the US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai is the clear winner.
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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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There has been a breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan&#39;s disputed elections, with the main rival to President Hamid Karzai saying he will accept the result, after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up yesterday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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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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Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election Wednesday, after a three-week probe into vote fraud found no grounds to invalidate his triumph.
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Hamid Karzai's main rival for the Afghan  presidency conceded defeat Sunday with less than six percent of  the vote count remaining.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won more than half of the vote and is likely to be officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s election this week.