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Clinton 'Hopeful' as Karzai Weighs Runoff, Deal

By the Associated Press

Posted Oct 19, 2009 4:40 PM CDT

(AP) – Hamid Karzai intends to announce tomorrow how he will "set the stage" for resolving the country's postelection political crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today. She wouldn't say whether the Afghan president has decided to accept the findings of a UN-backed fraud investigation... Read full story »

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