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    Said the reports in the media: "Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has said the Afghan elections would be legitimate even if Abdullah Abdullah boycotted the run-off poll, leaving President Hamid Karzai unopposed." Clinton also said that a boycott of the run-off election which had been scheduled for November 7 by runner-up Abdullah would not de-legitimise the poll. Full Article at AllAfrica.com
    Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, has said the Afghan elections would be legitimate even if Abdullah Abdullah boycotted the run-off poll, leaving President Hamid Karzai unopposed.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 4 weeks ago
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Height of American Hypocrisy
  1. We see that happen in our own country where, for whatever combination of reasons, one of the candidates decides not to go forward. I don't think it has anything to do with the legitimacy of the election.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 4 weeks ago
  2. Hamid Karzai has stolen the election . . . Now the question is whether he gets away with it.
    SOURCE: AllAfrica.com 4 weeks ago

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