Karzai Set to Be Afghan President in Ring of Steel
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Hamid Karzai was due to be sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected President on Tuesday at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.
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With his inauguration to a five-year term a month away, the US-backed Karzai already is under pressure to ditch his coalition with powerful warlords and tackle a booming narcotics industry that has become a major economic force in one of the world&#39;s
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KABUL, Afghanistan Authorities in Afghanistan are stepping up security measures as Hamid Karzai&#39;s (HAH&#39;-mihd KAHR&#39;-zeyez) presidential inauguration nears.
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Vote counting started Thursday in Afghanistan's landmark election, widely expected to install U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai as the war-ravaged country's first popularly chosen president.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's deputies  campaigned for him Saturday ahead of presidential elections  seven days away, while the candidate himself prepared to fly to  Germany to collect an international award.
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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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Hamid Karzai has been declared as Afghanistan&#39;s president after an electoral commission concluded that vote rigging had not affected the result.
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: Interim leader Hamid Karzai, was on course on Sunday to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader, as results poured in from its landmark vote for President.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was in Germany yesterday to receive an award, his office said, just days before his war-plagued nation will hold its first direct presidential election.
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Threatened by the Taliban, surrounded by security forces and watched by the second tier of the Bush administration, Hamid Karzai is due to be inaugurated as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president this morning.
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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on Tuesday as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.
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Vote counting started yesterday in Afghanistan&#39;s landmark election, widely expected to install Hamid Karzai, the US-backed interim leader, as the country&#39;s first popularly chosen president.
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Security is extremely tight around the Afghan capital as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president.
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Hamid Karzai was set to become Afghanistan's first elected president after winning historic October 9 polls by a landslide, but a fraud inquiry and a slow final count delayed a formal announcement.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's main  opponent in a landmark election took center stage on Saturday,  while the incumbent, almost invisible during the campaign amid  security concerns, prepared to go to Germany to receive an  award.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president promising to restore security to the war-shattered country three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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Tight security is in place in the Afghan capital Kabul as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as president.