Early results show Karzai victory
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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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Hamid Karzai was finally declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election today, at the same time as the militants threatening to kill three UN hostages who were in the country to oversee the election pushed back their deadline by 12
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistanâs presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s election, clinching a five-year term and becoming the country&#39;s first democratically elected leader
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Early results yesterday showed interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals in Afghanistan's first democratic presidential election after a quarter-century of war.
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Early results suggest the party of Kazakh President Nazarbayev will win victory in parliamentary elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim leader Hamid Karzai has a 45-point lead after the first million votes were counted in the country&#39;s presidential poll.
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With more than half the ballots counted, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai appeared Thursday to have won by a landslide, the BBC reported.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai was officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election yesterday, more than three weeks after votes were cast, giving him a five-year mandate to try to steer this country out of a quarter
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved closer to winning his country's first presidential election, taking a substantial lead over his nearest rival with more than 60 percent of votes counted, according to official results.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s landmark elections show President Hamid Karzai well ahead of his rivals and on course to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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KABUL : Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the required number of votes for outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, his supporters and his chief rival said.
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President Hamid Karzai maintained his early lead in Afghanistan's election after just over eight percent of the ballots had been counted, the election commission said.
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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 -- 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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KABUL: Hamid Karzai has won the required majority of votes for outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election and is awaiting the announcement of official results, his campaign spokesman told AFP.