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Karzai calls for head-to-head race in Afghan election

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday called for next year’s crucial election to be a US-style head-to-head contest between two candidates, and named three possible runners in the wide-open race. The April 5 election to succeed Karzai, who has ruled since the invasion.