http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/relief-for-the-us-as-karzai-concedes-election-runoff-1806248.html

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Hamid Karzai yesterday finally caved to intense international pressure and 
reluctantly agreed to a run-off vote next month.

The Afghan Independent Election Commission, which had initially seemed as if 
it would reject the UN team's fraud findings, yesterday ruled that Mr 
Karzai's share of the first-round vote had fallen to 49.7 per cent, down 
from the preliminary result of 54.6 per cent, and below the 50 per cent 
needed for an outright win.

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