Karzai's lead widens in Afghan vote count
Posted: August 27, 2009 at 6:12 a.m.
President Hamid Karzai extended his lead over his top challenger in Afghanistan's presidential election, new vote results showed Wednesday, but he remains short of the 50 percent threshold to avoid a two man runoff.
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