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The Afghan leader also emphasised the need to explain the troop increase to his people, General Stanley McChrystal said. "It was really positive. The president was very upbeat, very resolute this morning," McChrystal told reporters in Kabul. (Writing...
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Transparency International�s 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index found Greece to be the 71st least-corrupt country surveyed with a score of 3.8 out of 10. This represents a substantial deterioration compared to last year when Greece was ranked 57th with...
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The UN Security Council gave the UN mission in Afghanistan the mandate to support the Afghan electoral institutions in the holding of "free, fair, inclusive and transparent" elections. Unfortunately, Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC),...
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Afghanistan's president says a runoff presidential election must be held as planned next month, despite talk of a power-sharing deal with his challenger to avoid a second vote. President Hamid Karzai says the second round ballot "has to be held," otherwise...
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The step was a �deciding contribution to the legitimacy of the democratic election process in Afghanistan,� Merkel said late on Tuesday in Berlin. The chancellor added that the election commission had �met international standards to the best of my knowledge.�...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday that a decision by Afghan election authorities to hold a second round runoff in November was legal and constitutional. "We believe that this decision of the IEC is legitimate, legal and constitutional and...
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Afghanistan's election commission Tuesday ordered a Nov. 7 runoff in the disputed presidential poll after a fraud investigation dropped incumbent Hamid Karzai's votes below 50 percent of the total. Karzai accepted the finding and agreed to a second round...
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Bowing to intense international pressure, Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed today to a runoff next month with his main challenger in August's disputed presidential election. "This is for the good of our country," the Afghan leader, looking pale but...
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The U.N.-backed election watchdog in Afghanistan on Monday disqualified thousands of ballots for incumbent President Hamid Karzai in its fraud investigation. The U.N.-backed Electoral Complaints Commission on Monday released the findings of its investigation...
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai won last month's presidential election outright in the first round, election officials said on Wednesday, but the European Union said more than a third of his votes might be suspect because of fraud. Afghan election authorities...
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