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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

BREAKING NEWS ~ Karzai official winner in Afghan election
Jeannie Shawl at 8:18 AM ET

[JURIST] AP is reporting that officials in Afghanistan have said that the vote count is complete in the country's presidential election and that Hamid Karzai won a majority.

UPDATE: Election officials said Tuesday that Hamid Karzai is the clear winner in Afghanistan's presidential election even though some ballot boxes were "obviously stuffed." All but 100 ballot boxes were released Tuesday after inspectors determined there was no evidence of irregularities with the released boxes. AP has more.






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