UN's Kai Eide watches press conference after Afghan run-off canceled in Kabul
United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide looks on during a press conference at the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) offices in Kabul on November 2, 2009. Election organizers on November 2 declared Hamid Karzai Afghan president for a second term, canceling a one-man presidential run-off following a diplomatic push led by UN chief Ban Ki-moon. UPI/Hossein Fatemi
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