The incumbent has 54 percent of valid votes above the absolute majority needed to avoid a second round of balloting.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

With nearly 92 percent of the results from polling sites, President Karzai has 54 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

In women's college basketball, the University of Connecticut went undefeated (39-0) and won the NCAA title with a 76-54 win over Louisville.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The New York-Based Conference Board reports that its consumer confidence index stands at 54.1, up from a revised 47.4 reading in July.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

An Associated Press poll this week shows that 54 percent of Americans oppose sending more troops, up from 50 percent in October.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

The military says 54 metric tons of weapons were on board, including missiles, anti-tank weapons and mortars.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The opposition Democratic Party of Japan won Tokyo's city wide election in a landslide,with 54 seats.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

The Lancet medical journal reported last month alcohol-related diseases caused around half of all deaths of Russians between the ages of 15 and 54.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

In another trickle of preliminary results released by election commissioners, President Karzai retains his firm lead with more than 54 percent of the ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Weibrecht's 10th-place finish was a mere 0.54 seconds behind the winner, Michael Walchhofer of Austria.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

The complete preliminary results show Afghan President Hamid Karzai with more than 54 percent of the votes and Abdullah Abdullah with less than 28 percent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Mr.Karzai originally received some 54 percent of the votes cast.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

"David Miliband said a while back, having said 54 times that in answer to parliamentary questions that nobody had gone through Diego Garcia, he said on the 55th time that actually the U.S.had now told him that people had gone through Diego Garcia.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28