Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures to journalists as he heads to receive U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009. Afghanistan's election commission has canceled Saturday's presidential runoff and proclaimed Karzai victor of the war-ravaged nation's tumultuous ballot. (AP Photo/Ahmad Masood, Pool)
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