Karzai Set to Be Afghan President in Ring of Steel
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A ring of steel was placed around the Afghan capital on Tuesday as Hamid Karzai prepared to be sworn in as the country&#39;s first popularly elected President at a ceremony
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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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President Hamid Karzai has chosen a new Cabinet, heeding calls to sideline warlords from top positions &#151; including the defense minister &#151; and creating a new post to oversee the fight against opium production, government officials said Thursday.
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With security at its highest level since elections in October, Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president in Kabul.
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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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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is leading his rivals in the country&#39;s first presidential vote after two decades of civil war, drawing support from the southern and eastern border with
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Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Nov 07 (PID) - During his stay in the Afghan Capital Kabul, the President would felicitate President Hamid Karzai on his election as President of Afghanistan.
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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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Tight security is in place in the Afghan capital Kabul as Hamid Karzai prepares to be sworn in as president.
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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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Afghanistan's presumed president-elect is under pressure to develop a two-party system.
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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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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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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on  Tuesday as the country'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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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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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.