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Afghan election commission declares Karzai winner
washingtonpost.com - 11/2/2009
Afghan election commission declares Karzai winner
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Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 2, 2009; 9:12 AM
Karzai declared elected president
news.bbc.co.uk - 11/1/2009
Karzai declared elected president
— news.bbc.co.uk — Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Kabul on 2 November 2009... (more) Karzai declared elected president

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Karzai Gets New Term as Afghan Runoff Is Scrapped
nytimes.com - 11/2/2009
Karzai Gets New Term as Afghan Runoff Is Scrapped
— nytimes.com — Karzai Gets New Term as Afghan Runoff Is Scrapped... (more) Karzai Gets New Term as Afghan Runoff Is Scrapped

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Transparent Election Is Not Possible, Says Rival to Karzai
nytimes.com - 11/1/2009
Transparent Election Is Not Possible, Says Rival to Karzai
— nytimes.com — Transparent Election Is Not Possible, Says Rival to Karzai... (more) Transparent Election Is Not Possible, Says Rival to Karzai

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Pirate's Cove:  Karzai Declared Winner In Afghanistan: What Does Obama Do Now?

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Karzai declared victor in Afghanistan

Lakeshore Laments:  Karzai Elected President of Afghanistan

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Karzai Declared Winner In Afghanistan: What Does Obama Do Now?
Pirate's Cove — ... Afghan election officials canceled a presidential runoff and proclaimed the reelection of President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a day after Karzai’s top challenger declared he would not take part in a second round of voting scheduled for Saturday because of a persistent risk of fraud. ...

Karzai declared victor in Afghanistan
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — The lesson from the election in Afghanistan is that massive fraud pays off. Karzai was officially declared the winner today: Afghan election officials canceled a presidential runoff and proclaimed the reelection of President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a day after Karzai's top challenger declared he would not take part in a second round of voting scheduled for Saturday because of a persistent risk of fraud. "The Independent Election Commission declares the esteemed Hamid Karzai as the president . . . because he was the winner of the first round and the only ...

Karzai Elected President of Afghanistan
Lakeshore Laments — With the run-off officially over with the news of challenger Abdullah Abdullah dropping out, the ruling President Hamid Karzai was declared the winner by the nation's elections commission. Afghan election officials canceled a presidential runoff and proclaimed the reelection of President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a day after Karzai's top challenger declared he would not take part in a second round of voting scheduled for Saturday because of a persistent risk of fraud. "The Independent Election Commission declares the esteemed Hamid Karzai as the president . . . because he was ...

Karzai Declared Winner In Afghanistan: What Does Obama Do Now?
Stop The ACLU — ... Posted on November 2, 2009 Regardless of any issues with the Afghanistan election, Karzai is the winner Afghan election officials canceled a presidential runoff and proclaimed the reelection of President Hamid Karzai on Monday, a day after Karzai’s top challenger declared he would not take part in a second round of voting scheduled for Saturday because of a persistent risk of fraud. (Election commission chairman Azizullah) Lodin said that after consulting legal experts, the seven-member commission had decided by consensus to cancel the runoff and declare Karzai the winner of ...

Afghanistan Calls Off Runoff Election, Declares Karzai Winner
Ace of Spades HQ — Afghanistan Calls Off Runoff Election, Declares Karzai Winner Not much else to do once the other candidate drops out . Election officials declared Afghan President Hamid Karzai the winner of a new five-year term Monday, canceling a runoff election scheduled for Saturday just one day after Karzai's sole challenger quit the race. The decision ended weeks of political drift since a first presidential poll in August was found invalid because of massive fraud. In the capital, a sense of relief was instant and palpable. Kabul residents honked horns and exchanged ...

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