Afghan Vote Count Delayed Over Complaints-Official
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Vote counting in Afghanistan's  presidential poll will not start on Monday because authorities  are waiting for advice on what to do about suspected illegal  votes, an official of the Joint Election Management Body said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai alleged fraud over the ink meant to ensure people voted only once and vowed to boycott the results.    But electoral officials rejected their demand that the vote be called off, saying an apparent mix-up with ink used to mark voters' thumbs was not severe enough to halt the historic vote...
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Confusion surrounded the start of vote  counting in Afghanistan's landmark presidential poll on  Thursday, with some election officials saying the tally had  begun but others adamant it had not.
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An election worker sorts out a ballot at the vote counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2004. Afghanistan was expected to start counting votes on Wednesday.
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An afghan electoral worker counts Yunus Qanooni&#39;s ballots papers at the counting center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Oct. 18.
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A panel was investigating complaints of  Afghan election irregularities on Thursday, further delaying  the start of counting in a historic poll overshadowed by  concerns over multiple voting.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count is expected to conclude Tuesday but several procedural steps remain before any declaration of incumbent Hamid Karzai&#39;s landslide victory in the historic ballot.
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Long-awaited elections scheduled for next week are almost certain to be postponed, a choice that rankles opposition leaders in Pakistan who want the vote held on time.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of  victory in his country's historic presidential poll, but the  result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few  ballot boxes are counted, an official said Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first direct presidential election was thrust into turmoil hours after it started Saturday when all 15 candidates challenging interim leader Hamid Karzai alleged fraud over the ink meant to ensure people voted only once and vowed to boycott the results.    But electoral officials rejected their demand that the vote be called off, saying an apparent mix-up with the ink was not severe enough to halt the historic vote...
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Poll organisers in Afghanistan set a deadline for allegations of voter fraud before the ballot count may begin.
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Afghan and foreign officials are urging patience as they start investigating alleged cases of voter fraud in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election.
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KABUL -- Foreign election experts sifted through a raft of complaints yesterday from candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election, quarantining suspect ballot boxes and further delaying the vote count.
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Afghan officials have delayed counting ballots in a historic presidential election to deal with complaints of fraud, but several of the candidates appear to be pulling
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Election commission set to announce delay to election because of unrest following Bhutto assassination.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Ballot boxes poured into vote counting centers across Afghanistan on Monday, while an independent panel will probe allegations the landmark election was marred by fraud.    Organizers of the vote are hoping the establishment of the panel - made up of about three foreign election experts - will end an opposition boycott that could seriously undermine the winner's ability to rule this war-ravaged nation...
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan's presidential election got under way Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.    The head of the Afghan-U.N...