Senior EU official congratulates Karzai on electoral victory
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European Union (EU) foreign policychief Javier Solana wrote on Wednesday to the incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai congratulating him on his victory in the firstdirect presidential elections in Afghanistan.
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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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Interim President Hamid Karzai has won Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the spokesman for the election commission said.
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OTTAWA/LONDON, November 05 (Online): The Canadian government and the UK have congratulated Afghan President Hamid Karzai on his election.
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KABUL Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan&#39;s electoral board Wednesday after an international panel announced that irregularities it had investigated
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BERLIN, Oct 3  - 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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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential elections has congratulated the Afghan leader on the formation of his Cabinet and said he is in the process of forming an opposition political party.
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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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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 becomes Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president today at an inauguration ceremony in the capital Kabul, as the United Nations said warlords and drug trafficking threaten the country&#39;s security.
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Yunus Qanooni, Hamid Karzai's chief rival in Afghanistan's presidential election, said he will accept the outcome, as Karzai swept the country's south and southeast en route to outright victory.
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With victory all but a formality in Afghanistan's historic presidential election, Hamid Karzai waited on Tuesday for the final votes to be counted to confirm his win.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections, according to preliminary results released Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Incumbent Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the body organizing the vote has said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of  victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the  result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few  ballot boxes are counted, an official said Monday.
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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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A senior US official commended Pakistan on Tuesday for its help in ensuring the success of last month&#39;s Afghan election and said the United States wanted to accelerate and broaden its cooperation with Pakistan.