Karzai is President After the First Round
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Indications show that Afghanistan&#39;s Interim President Hamid Karzai has won the first presidential elections in the country&#39;s history.
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President Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan&#39;s electoral board this afternoon after an international
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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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KABUL: Hamid Karzai has steered Afghanistan from the ruins of war to its first elected presidency, using skills honed from plotting to end Soviet occupation and negotiating the minefield of volatile Afghan politics.
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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the Afghan election, securing over 55 % and paving for the way for him to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai is leading in the country&#39;s first direct presidential election with 56 percent of the vote, according to the election Web site.
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The inauguration ceremony in Kabul was attended by hundreds of dignitaries, including the US Vice President, Dick Cheney. Mr Karzai, the country&#39;s interim leader since the fall of the Taleban, won the presidential
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Afghanistan's first presidential vote was fair, says favourite, Hamid Karzai, as most candidates demand a repoll.
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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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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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* Hamid Karzai, interim president elected by tribal grand council after ouster of Taliban. Favorite in election, ethnic Pashtun has become international celebrity drumming up billions in aid pledges, but image
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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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Hamid Karzai has been officially named winner of the Afghan election, becoming the country&#39;s first leader to be elected by the people and putting him in a strong position for a confrontation
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in today as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president. In a solemn ceremony at the restored royal palace in Kabul, with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in attendance, Hamid
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai officially became Aghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president Tuesday in a swearing-in ceremony attended by US Vice President Dick Cheney and about other 150 foreign dignitaries.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in today as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, three years after American-backed resistance fighters swept the Taliban government from power.
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KABUL, DECEMBER 7: Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected President on Tuesday, promising to bring peace to the war-torn nation and end the economyâs dependence on narcotics.