Despite massive election fraud Afghan President Hamid Karzai will remain in office. The country's Independent Election Commission (IEC) cancelled the second round of voting and declared Karzai the winner after his rival Abdullah Abdullah withdrew his candidacy for a runoff vote. The Afghan democracy experiment threatens to be a failure.
With articles from the following publications: Helsingin Sanomat - Finland, El País - Spain, Diário de Notícias - Portugal, Il Sole 24 Ore - Italy
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