WASHINGTON -Afghan President Hamid Karzai needed high-level American arm-twisting over several tense days — and meals that included "gallons of tea" and endless platters of lamb — before he finally agreed to a run-off vote in the country's fraud-plagued presidential election.
Karzai needed convincing twice on new election
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2009-10-21 14:21:00
