Incumbent President Hamid Karzai is ahead in the slow tally of ballots cast in Afghanistan's Aug. 20 polls. But hundreds of formal complaints of fraud — from ballot-box stuffing to voter intimidation — threaten the credibility of the process.
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Dozens Of Candidates Will Try To Unseat Karzai
In Afghanistan, the election campaign kicks off this week for next month's presidential elections. There are dozens of candidates on the ballot, trying to unseat President Hamid Karzai. The...
AP source: Karzai expected to accept he fell short (AP)
AP - U.S. officials expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai to concede on Tuesday that he fell short of the 50 percent vote share in August's election that he needed to win outright, but it was...
Karzai leading Afghan vote with 54 percent (AP)
AP - Afghan officials issued full preliminary results Wednesday showing President Hamid Karzai got 54.6 percent of the vote in last month's election, a result that could be annulled by...
Afghan President Karzai Rallies Support
Later this month in Afghanistan, voters will cast ballots in the presidential election. Incumbent Hamid Karzai has been campaigning to keep his job. Karzai recently traveled to a remote...
English Town Plans Commemorate Luddites
Nearly 200 years ago, workers in England took up arms against technology. Weavers protested the advent of mechanized looms with violence. Named for weaver Ned Lud, the Luddites feared the...
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