Karzai Back for Final Run-In to Afghan Election
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai returns  home on Monday with less than a week to go before a historic  election with the opposition scrambling to present a unified  challenge to the heavily favored incumbent.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on  course Tuesday for an outright victory in the country's  historic presidential election with more than a quarter of the  votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.
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Hamid Karzai was set to become Afghanistan's first elected president after winning historic October 9 polls by a landslide, but a fraud inquiry and a slow final count delayed a formal announcement.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai moved closer to winning his country's first presidential election, taking a substantial lead over his nearest rival with more than 60 percent of votes counted, according to official results.
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KABUL, 26 October 2004 - Hamid Karzai was set yesterday to become Afghanistanâs first elected president after winning historic Oct. 9 polls by a landslide, but a fraud inquiry and a slow final count delayed a formal announcement.
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The interim Afghan President Hamid Karzai is moving closer to final victory as he has captured 54.3 percent of over 7 million votes counted till Sunday noon, said Afghan election commission website.
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KABUL, Oct 27  - Hamid Karzai, who has led Afghanistan&#39;s interim government since the Taliban&#39;s collapse three years ago, was just days away from being declared his country&#39;s first popularly elected leader.
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KABUL: Afghanistan presidential election campaign concluded on Wednesday and President Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdul Rashid Dostam in their public meetings appealed the Afghans to fully participate in the election, as it would be a new turn in the
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Afghanistan's presidential campaign draws to a close - a day after President Karzai holds his first rally.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim President Hamid Karzai says he hopes the country&#39;s first direct presidential election on October 9 will be decided in the first round.
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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.
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Hamid Karzai is on course to retain the presidency in Afghanistan with more than half the votes counted in the country&#39;s first poll.
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Candidates in Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election kicked off the final day of campaigning Wednesday, with interim leader Hamid Karzai and one of his chief
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Afghanistan will hold its first presidential election in decades on October 9th. Among the 18 candidates vying for office is incumbent President Hamid Karzai, a respected but sometimes controversial figure
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KABUL, Afghanistan - The vote tally under way on Friday in Afghanistanâs landmark election was widely expected to yield an election victory for US -backed interim leader Hamid Karzai, which would install him as the war-ravaged countryâs first
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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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Counting in Afghanistan's presidential election concluded Tuesday, with U.S.-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai the clear winner, a senior official said.