Afghanistan&#39;s First Elected President Takes Oath in Triumph
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The first freely elected president in Afghanistan&#39;s 5,000-year history took the oath of office here today. &quot;Nothing makes me more hopeful to the future
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: Interim leader Hamid Karzai, was on course on Sunday to become Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected leader, as results poured in from its landmark vote for President.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn-in as Afghanistan&#39;s first directly-elected president amid tight security at his fortified Presidential Palace Tuesday.
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Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan&#39;s first-ever presidential election Wednesday, after a three-week probe into vote fraud found no grounds to invalidate his triumph.
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Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as his country's first elected president Tuesday, facing a huge amount of more work to rebuild a land still traumatized by more than a quarter century of war.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president today, promising to restore security to the war-shattered country three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president promising to restore security to the war-shattered country three years after the fall of the Taliban.
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HAMID Karzai was sworn in yesterday as Afghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president, watched by an audience that included America&#39;s vice-president and defence secretary.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan's first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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Official figures show that Hamid Karzai is on the way to winning Afghanistan's first presidential elections.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai's inauguration as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president opens a new chapter in the battle to rescue this impoverished country, which became a haven for international terrorism and now risks turning into a narco-state.
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KABUL - Hamid Karzai officially became Aghanistan&#39;s first popularly elected president Tuesday in a swearing-in ceremony attended by US Vice President Dick Cheney and about other 150 foreign dignitaries.
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Voting has begun in Afghanistan for the first direct presidential election in the country's history.
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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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Hamid Karzai was set to be sworn in on Tuesday as the country&#39;s first popularly elected president at a ceremony attended by two of the figures most responsible for easing him into power.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the men most responsible for easing  him into power.
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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.