Karzai team believes victory &#39;secure&#39; with one-quarter of votes ...
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said Tuesday, after early returns gave him a commanding advantage.
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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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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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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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The interim leader Hamid Karzai coasted towards victory in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election yesterday when his share of the vote passed the 50% mark.
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With 99 percent of the votes still to be counted in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election, incumbent Hamid Karzai had taken a lead that many observers expect him to retain right to the end of a marathon count.
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Interim leader Hamid Karzai appeared set to become Afghanistan&#39;s first directly elected leader after preliminary results Sunday showed he had won a majority in landmark presidential elections.
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Afghanistan&#39;s interim leader Hamid Karzai is certain to win the country&#39;s landmark presidential election, his campaign spokesman said after early returns gave Karzai a commanding advantage.
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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.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is sure of victory in his country&#39;s historic presidential poll, but the result will not be announced for a day or so until the last few hundred
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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 was preparing to celebrate victory in Afghanistan's first presidential elections as he maintained a clear majority with more than 75 percent of the vote counted.
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HAMID Karzai has emerged as the undisputed winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential elections after his nearest contender conceded defeat.
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KABUL - Interim leader Hamid Karzai holds about 70 per cent of the votes counted so far after Afghanistan&#39;s landmark presidential election.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai is maintaining his early lead in the country&#39;s election for head of state with just over eight percent of the vote counted.
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Hamid Karzai&#39;s victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first direct presidential election is a ``milestone&#39;&#39; toward democracy in the country, the US State Department said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Interim leader Hamid Karzai has clinched a majority of the votes in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election under near-complete results Monday, leaving him all but certain of becoming this war-wrecked nation&#39;s first democratically