Karzai Officially Declared Winner
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 3 -- President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday was officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's first-ever democratic presidential election more than three weeks after votes were cast, giving him a five-year mandate to try to steer this country out of a quarter-century of civil war and strife.
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With more than half the ballots in Afghanistan's presidential election counted and outright triumph virtually assured for incumbent Hamid Karzai, attention turned to when the winner can be declared and how the losers will react.
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai officially became Aghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president Tuesday in a swearing-in ceremony attended by US Vice President Dick Cheney and about other 150 foreign dignitaries.
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An exit poll conducted by an American non-profit group found that interim Afghan president Hamid Karzai won Saturday's first-ever presidential election with the outright majority needed to avoid a second round.
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DEAR readers, the day has finally arrived, when Afghanistan saw the installation of its first democratically elected president. Hamid Karzai has a new face today: he is not an imposed
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Afghanistan&#39;s transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the war-shattered country&#39;s first-ever presidential election. the announcement came after a special panel endorsed the election results as free and fair.
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The latest official preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s 9 October 9 presidential election show transitional leader Hamid Karzai has won the clear majority needed for an outright first-round victory.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s chief rivals in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election conceded defeat yesterday, a day after the US-backed interim leader was declared the winner.
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Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election Wednesday, after investigators concluded that a string of irregularities were too minor to overturn his triumph.
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With victory all but a formality in  Afghanistan's historic presidential election, Hamid Karzai  waited on Tuesday for the final votes to be counted to confirm  his win.
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Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov is declared the winner of Turkmenistan's presidential elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won a majority of estimated votes cast in Afghanistan's landmark presidential elections, according to preliminary results released yesterday.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of last month&#39;s Afghan presidential election Wednesday and now faces the task of forming a government minus the warlords and drug runners who tainted his last cabinet.
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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 Hamid Karzai was formally announced the winner of the Oct. 9 presidential election by Afghanistan&#39;s electoral board Wednesday after an international panel announced that irregularities it had investigated
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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 has been officially named winner of the Afghan election, becoming the country&#39;s first leader to be elected by the people and putting him in a strong position for a confrontation