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Karzai inaugurated in Kabul

Hamid Karzai is sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president, as 150 foreign dignitaries -- including U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld -- look on.

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• Video: Karzai takes oath | Hard work begins
• Karzai: No stranger to leadership
• General: U.S. may cut Afghan force
• Special Report: Fighting terror | Timeline | Map
• Special Report: Afghanistan Decides

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