Karzai Cruising to Afghan Poll Win; Splits Remain
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Hamid Karzai was cruising to victory in  Afghanistan's first direct presidential elections, but returns  counted by late Wednesday underscored the ethnic fault lines  that often divide the country.
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PESHAWAR, Oct 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai continued to maintain his lead over his rival candidates in the presidential elections.
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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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The interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to final victory as he has captured 54.3 percent of over 7 million votes counted till Sunday noon, said Afghan election commission website.
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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, Afghanistan -- Vote counting in Afghanistan&#39;s historic elections is almost finished, with incumbent President Hamid Karzai on course to win a simple majority.
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HAMID Karzai maintained his clear majority in the Afghan presidential elections as the vote count passed 75 per cent today, according to the official poll website.
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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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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai hit the election trail on Tuesday for the first time  since an assassination attempt last month, telling supporters a  historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the  war-torn nation.
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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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Afghan interim President Hamid Karzai has been keeping on leading the ballot counting as he garnered 62.6 percent of the votes counted till Wednesday noon, Afghan election website said.
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Kabul - Afghanistan&#39;s vote count slowed as it drew to completion on Monday, a day after incumbent leader Hamid Karzai secured a landslide win in preliminary results.
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KABUL, 23 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai remained on course yesterday to win Afghanistanâs 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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President Hamid Karzai is close to winning the Afghan presidential poll, with nearly 60% of the votes and more than half the ballots counted.
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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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KABUL : President Hamid Karzai maintained his early lead in Afghanistan&#39;s election after nearly five percent of the ballots had been counted, the election commission said.
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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.