AFGHAN ELECTION: Karzai has majority in preliminary result
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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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The first results released in Afghanistan's presidential election put President Hamid Karzai in the lead after 7513 votes were counted in the northern province of Kunduz, Afghanistan's electoral commission said.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his early lead in the country&#39;s election for head of state with just over eight percent of the vote counted.
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Afghanistan&#39;s President Hamid Karzai has an overall majority in the country&#39;s presidential election, winning 4.2 million of the estimated 8 million votes, according to incomplete results on the election Web site.
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Hamid Karzai was assured of a majority in Afghanistanâs election to become its first democratically chosen president. With nearly 95 per cent of votes counted, the interim leader already has more than half
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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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With almost half the votes counted in Afghanistan&#39;s election Wednesday, Karzai looked set to win a clear victory with 61.4 percent of the votes already under his belt.
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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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Counting in Afghanistanâs presidential election concluded today, with US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner even though some ballot boxes were &quot;obviously stuffed,&quot; election officials said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai won almost 60 percent of the vote in early counting from the Oct. 9 presidential election, according to the election Web site.
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Hamid Karzai nears victory in Afghanistan's presidential election with 60% of votes halfway through the count.
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Preliminary vote totals in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election appear to give transitional leader Hamid Karzai a numeric lock on the victory.
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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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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top election official says vote counting is through in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. The election&#39;s top technical officer told The Associated Press that US-backed interim president Hamid Karzai is the winner.
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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.