A domestic independent news agency, Pajhwok,quoting sources, reports incumbent President Hamid Karzai has 71 percent of the total based on 4.5 million votes counted.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

Russian news media are quoting anonymous Interior Ministry sources as saying Moscow could end what it refers to as an "anti-terrorist" operation in Chechnya by the end of March.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26