Breakthrough in Afghan vote dispute
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A breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan's disputed elections was reached when the main rival to President Hamid Karzai said he would accept the result after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - Vote counting in Afghanistan's presidential election got underway Thursday, five days after a landmark vote meant to cement a new era of stability after more than two decades of strife.    Tallying was delayed slightly in the capital, but it began in many of the other seven counting centers across the country on Thursday morning, said Farooq Wardak, a senior election official...
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There has been a breakthrough agreement in Afghanistan&#39;s disputed elections, with the main rival to President Hamid Karzai saying he will accept the result, after an independent inquiry into charges of fraud.
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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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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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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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The election for president in Afghanistan may have brought us one small step closer to worldwide democracy. At least the people there left no doubt that they wanted to vote.
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Election organisers formally announced the result in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, nearly a month after the poll. The result came after a panel examining voting irregularities said they would not affect the outcome of the election.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count has passed one million ballots with incumbent Hamid Karzai firmly in the lead, according to the electoral commission website.
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A top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of  the process on Wednesday, making it likely that the historic  poll's result would be recognized by all despite voting  irregularities.
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US-backed interim leader Hamid Karzai was nearing victory in Afghanistanâs presidential vote, election officials said, as the number of ballots counted passed the half way mark.
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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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Another top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai ended his boycott of the  process on Wednesday, but vote counting was further delayed as  a panel began to sift through dozens of complaints of fraud.
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Afghanistan's election authority said on Saturday the election process would continue in the country's historic presidential election despite a decision by most of the candidates to boycott the poll over irregularities.
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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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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.
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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.