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Fake Polls Went for Karzai

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Widening accounts of fraud are problematic for U.S.

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Perhaps Hamid Karzai took Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "victory" as inspiration? Supporters of the Afghan president created as many as 800 polling places that existed only on paper, Western and Afghan officials say.

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