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Afghanistan Presidential Runoff Election Canceled

Nov. 2, 2009
The country's election commission canceled the vote and proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor after his challenger dropped out of the race, saying he believed the election would not be free or fair.
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic