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Afghan Election Fraud

Karzai Responds To Corruption Allegations (VIDEO)

Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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In an interview due to be broadcast tonight on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Margaret Warner talks exclusively to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about ...

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It's a Runoff, Now What? Parsing the Impacts of the Presidential Rematch in Afghanistan

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

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Vikrum Aiyer

A coalition government in Afghanstan, while supposedly offering the best of both worlds, tacitly condones an illegitimate election and would require America to broker power among competing personalities.

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Call a Jirga Not a Runoff in Afghanistan

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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Patricia DeGennaro

If the U.S. and international community are serious about this intervention and having any kind of political success (and less war) in Afghanistan, it should call a Loya Jirga, or a "grand assembly".

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Maulavi Mustafa Barakzai, Afghan Member Of Panel Investigating Election Fraud, Resigns

AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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KABUL — Efforts to resolve Afghanistan's fraud-marred presidential election suffered new setbacks Monday when one of two Afghans on the commissi...

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Kai Eide, UN Envoy In Afghanistan, Denies Claims Over Election Fraud

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

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KABUL — The U.N.'s top envoy in Afghanistan denied allegations he did not do enough to prevent or investigate fraud in the country's presidentia...

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Afghan Recount: Karzai Expected To Win

wsj.com | ANAND GOPAL | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

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Afghan election officials began recounting votes from the country's disputed presidential elections Monday and expect to announce the final results in...

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Karzai: EU's Afghan Election Fraud Claims "Irresponsible"

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's campaign team has condemned as "irresponsible" claims by EU monitors about the extent of election fraud. EU election ...

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UN Official Temporarily Leaves Afghanistan Over Election Dispute

CP | Jason Straziuso (CP) | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A top American official at the United Nations mission in Afghanistan has temporarily left the country following a disagreement w...

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Afghanistan: Recount Ordered At 10 Percent Of Polling Stations

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

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KABUL — Ballots from about 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations need recounting because of suspicions of fraud, the chief election watch...

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Claims Of Afghan Election Fraud Put U.S. In Delicate Spot

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON On Monday, as the vote-counting in Afghanistan was nearing an end, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was briefed by the American am...

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Sept. 7, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

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Richard Valeriani

Israeli government approves construction of hundreds of new homes in occupied West Bank. How do you say, "Up yours, Obama " in Hebrew?

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Votes Thrown Out At 447 Afghan Polling Sites

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai nudged closer to the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff in Afghanistan's election, according to the la...

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Afghanistan's Fraud-Ridden Elections To Take Weeks To Resolve

Yahoo! News | Hal Bernton and Hashim Shukoor, McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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KABUL, Afghanistan �" Afghanistan's election results are headed into weeks of limbo as a government commission investigates more than 600 complaints...

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Complaints Of Afghan Election Fraud Serious Enough To Affect Results

Reuters | Posted 09.28.2009 | World

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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Electoral Complaints Commission has received more than 2,000 complaints of fraud or abuse in last week's disputed pres...

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