Afghan Poll Crisis Subsides as Karzai Rivals Back Off
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The crisis surrounding Afghanistan's  historic presidential election appeared to end on Monday as  President Hamid Karzai's chief rival said he and other  candidates were withdrawing their rejection of the weekend  poll.
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KABUL: Yunus Qanooni, chief rival to incumbent Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, said Wednesday he would accept the outcome of the countryâs presidential poll âin the national interestâ despite his allegations of fraud.
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KABUL, Afghanistan: Interim leader Hamid Karzai has moved far ahead of his rivals in early results from Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential elections as ballot counting -- delayed over alleged irregularities -- has gathered speed.
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Hamid Karzai is on course to retain the presidency in Afghanistan with more than half the votes counted in the country&#39;s first poll.
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KABUL, Afghanistan The top challengers in the Afghan presidential election are conceding defeat to Hamid Karzai (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeye).
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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A top rival to Afghan election frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of the process on Wednesday, making it likely that the historic poll&#39;s result
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KABUL - President Hamid Karzai clinched victory in Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential poll as his main rival conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the final votes on Monday.
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Hamid Karzai remained on course on Friday to win Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, but with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were whittling
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Hamid Karzai remained on course on Friday  to win Afghanistan's first direct presidential election, but  with a quarter of the vote still to be counted, rivals were  whittling down his lead to possibly force a run-off.
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[World News]: Kabul, Oct 23 : Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai was leading opponents by a huge margin after officials finished counting nearly three-fourths of the votes polled in the country&#39;s first presidential elections.
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President Hamid Karzai clinched victory  in Afghanistan's historic presidential poll as his main rival  conceded defeat even before election workers began counting the  final votes on Monday.
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KABUL, Oct 19  - Interim leader Hamid Karzai stayed far ahead Tuesday with almost a third of the votes counted from Afghanistan&#39;s historic presidential election but Taliban-led guerrillas mounted more attacks in the south.
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Afghan officials delayed counting ballots  on Monday after the historic presidential election to deal with  complaints of fraud, but several candidates appeared to be  pulling back from an initial decision to reject the vote.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (12/10/04) - The oppositionâs boycott of the Afghan presidential elections has begun to unravel, with interim president Hamid Karzaiâs main challenger, former education minister Yunus Qanuni, announcing on Monday that he would
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[World News]: Kabul, Oct 18 : Incumbent Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his edge over rivals, having secured 62 percent of the votes counted so far, reports Xinhua.
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President Hamid Karzai&#39;s main challenger Monday backed off a boycott of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election over allegations of fraud, saying he would accept the formation of an independent commission to look into any irregularities in the vote.