Runner-up to Karzai in elections congratulates new Afghan leader
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The runner-up to Hamid Karzai in historic presidential elections congratulated him yesterday on the formation of his Cabinet, and said he is in the process of forming an opposition political party.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- An Afghan electoral board spokesman says Hamid Karzai is the winner of that country&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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Hamid Karzai's main rival for the Afghan  presidency conceded defeat Sunday with less than six percent of  the vote count remaining.
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KABUL: Interim leader Hamid Karzai has won the required number of votes for outright victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election, his supporters and his chief rival said Sunday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Preliminary results from Afghanistan&#39;s landmark elections show President Hamid Karzai well ahead of his rivals and on course to become the country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has congratulated Hamid Karzai for his victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Mr Karzai, who has been head of Afghanistan&#39;s interim administration since the Taliban
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Hamid Karzai has been sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by US Deputy President Dick Cheney and Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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The incumbent Afghan transitional president Hamid Karzai is more convinced that he will go out of the first presidential elections triumphantly next Saturday, after his second and successful trip outside the capital Tuesday.
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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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KABUL, Afghanistan -- More than two weeks after Afghanistan's first presidential election, vote counting wrapped up yesterday and interim leader Hamid Karzai emerged with a resounding victory.
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai was preparing on Saturday to celebrate victory in Afghanistanâs first presidential elections as he maintained a clear majority with more than 75 percent of the vote counted.
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Hamid Karzaiâs chief rivals in Afghanistanâs presidential election conceded defeat today after the US-backed interim leader was declared its first popularly elected leader.
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Former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, the leader of one of the largest political parties in Afghanistan, declared his support on Sunday for President Hamid Karzai ahead of the presidential election on Saturday.
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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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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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Yunus Qanooni, Hamid Karzai's chief rival in Afghanistan's presidential election, said he will accept the outcome, as Karzai swept the country's south and southeast en route to outright victory.
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Incumbent Hamid Karzai drew &quot;great happiness&quot; from his lead in Afghanistan's presidential election, his spokesman said, but will not claim victory until results are officially certified.