Afghanistan&#39;s New President
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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, 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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Tight security has been imposed on the Afghan capital Kabul for the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as the country&#39;s first elected president.
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For the first time since independence in 1919, voters in Afghanistan will go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president. Enthusiasm is high: more than 11 million registered
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s government Saturday replaced two governors, including a strongman in the west, in a bold step to establish control ahead of landmark presidential elections.
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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.
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Vote counting started Thursday in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, widely expected to install US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai as the war-ravaged country&#39;s first popularly chosen president.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony in the capital Kabul, witnesses said.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first elected president in a ceremony attended by several foreign dignitaries, including US Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld, report agencies.
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Abstract: Karzai completed one of his most important tasks as the head of state of a new Afghanistan by forming his cabinet. But the formation of the cabinet is only a first step in the countryâs political future.
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What a difference the ballot makes. The election of Hamid Karzai as the first popularly elected president of Afghanistan is a dramatic affirmation of the power of democracy.
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Papers in Afghanistan have welcomed the inauguration on Tuesday of Hamid Karzai as president, but warn that the country faces many challenges.
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Official figures show that Hamid Karzai is on the way to winning Afghanistan's first presidential elections.
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With over 90 percent of the vote counted by late last week, it appeared likely that Afghan Transitional Administration Chairman Hamid Karzai would become the country&#39;s first directly elected president.
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US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Wednesday&#39;s announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.