KARZAI BRAVES ELECTION RALLY TO CHEERS
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai has left his heavily fortified compound in Kabul for his first election rally, in the last week of campaigning, for this Saturday&#39;s first ever direct elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with interim President Hamid Karzai holding onto his clear majority yesterday, but any potential celebrations
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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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Britain praised Afghanistan's &quot;inspirational&quot; elections, saying the high turnout was a milestone for the central Asian state recovering from decades of conflict.
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BERLIN : Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed confidence Sunday that his administration would emerge from a historic presidential election next weekend with increased legitimacy.
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President Hamid Karzai rarely misses an opportunity to laud Afghanistan's 3 million former refugees for "voting with their feet" by returning to support their homeland's budding democracy.
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Hamid Karzai has a 45-point lead after the first million votes are counted in the country's presidential election.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai  promised Afghans greater security when they go to vote in the  country's first ever democratic election during an independence  day speech on Wednesday.
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With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan's presidential election counted and outright triumph virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention turned to when the winner can be declared and how the losers will react.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on  course Tuesday for an outright victory in the country's  historic presidential election with more than a quarter of the  votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is leading his rivals in the country&#39;s first presidential vote after two decades of civil war, drawing support from the southern and eastern border with
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ISLAMABAD: President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left on a brief visit to neighbouring Afghanistan on Saturday to congratulate Hamid Karzai on his victory in the war-ravaged country&#39;s landmark presidential elections, an official said.
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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in historic presidential elections congratulated the Afghan leader Saturday on the formation of his Cabinet, and said he is in the process of forming an opposition political party.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai vowed on  Thursday that a historic presidential election would be  successfully held this weekend and reflect the people's wishes  despite inevitable sabotage attempts by Taliban fighters.
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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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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.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed confidence that his administration would emerge from a historic presidential election next weekend with increased legitimacy.