Karzai is formally declared victor in the Afghan elections
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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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Hamid Karzai was finally declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election today, at the same time as the militants threatening to kill three UN hostages who were in the country to oversee the election pushed back their deadline by 12
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won more than half of the vote and is likely to be officially declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s election this week.
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HERAT, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has won a majority of votes in Afghanistan&#39;s election, effectively clinching a five-year term and becoming the country&#39;s first democratically elected leader, according to preliminary results released Sunday.
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KABUL, OCTOBER 25: President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the October 9 election, results posted Sunday on the election commissionâs website show, effectively securing his position as Afghanistanâs first popularly elected president.
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Hamid Karzai formally accepted his election as president of Afghanistan Thursday, a day after a joint UN-Afghan electoral board proclaimed him the victor in the October 9 vote, and said he would not condone the existence of &quot;private militia forces
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President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the presidential election, securing a new five-year term as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president
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Counting in Afghanistanâs presidential election concluded today, with US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner even though some ballot boxes were &quot;obviously stuffed,&quot; election officials said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai was officially declared Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever popularly elected president today after a weeks-long fraud probe found no reason to overturn his landslide victory.
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Zakim Shah, chairman of Afghanistan&#39;s Joint Electoral Management Body, announces the winner of the country&#39;s first-ever presidential election in Kabul Nov. 3, 2004.
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KABUL: Hamid Karzai has won outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election according to preliminary results, the interim leader&#39;s supporters and chief rival said Sunday.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- With the counting effectively &quot;over and done,&quot; incumbent Hamid Karzai is the clear winner in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, a senior official has said.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Incumbent Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election, the body organizing the vote has said.
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INDONESIAN election officials today formally declared ex-general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as victor in the country&#39;s first presidential poll after a final vote tally was completed.
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Preliminary figures in the Afghan presidential election indicate interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the simple majority needed to avoid a run-off.