Experts to discuss Iraq election
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Canada is hosting a meeting of electoral experts to consider preparations for Iraq's poll amid worsening violence.
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DUKAN, Iraq -- Leading Sunni politicians and representatives of Iraq's prime minister and president called yesterday for Iraq's national election to be postponed until order is restored in the violence-racked Sunni Arab heartland, the strongest signal yet that the ballot might not take place in January as scheduled.
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U.N. and U.S. officials that Iraq's interim government may try to eliminate candidates through pressure on the electoral commission.
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Representatives from Iraq's different communities are to holds talks aimed at curbing bloodshed in the country.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Iraq's interim leader Iyad Allawi hold talks on security.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq&#39;s Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month&#39;s elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.
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Developments concerning Iraq on Monday.
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Developments concerning Iraq on Thursday:
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Iraq&#39;s fragile political settlement appeared to be on the brink of collapse last night, with Sunnis, Shias and Kurds divided over whether elections can take place in January as planned.
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Iraq had a rare moment out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation in Southeast Asia. But the country saw a host of critically important political developments and deadly attacks that could cripple elections set for Jan. 30, and that suggest the insurgents are refining their strategy to wreck the vote.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will join other foreign ministers from the leading industrialised nations and the Arab world today, gathering to discuss Iraq.
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The Bush administration&#39;s hopes for Iraq rest heavily on whether Iraqis can shape their political future through elections, but it could be difficult for them to vote on Jan. 30, as now planned.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi meets with members of the Independent Election Committee in Baghdad on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The committee presented the current state of preparation for elections (AP Photo/ Mohammed Messara, Pool).
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U.S. and Iranian officials will hold rare talks in Baghdad on Monday to discuss security in Iraq, where Washington accuses Tehran of stoking violence.
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Our position is: Thorough debate of US policies in Iraq is needed between now and Election Day. After months of battling over a war that ended 30 years ago, the presidential candidates have finally begun to
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BAGHDAD - Iraq announced on Sunday that its first post-Saddam Hussein elections will be held on January 30, as world powers prepared for a conference on the countryâs future against a backdrop of unrelenting violence.
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Iraq invited officials from Iran, Syria and other neighboring nations to Baghdad next month to discuss the security situation in the country, a government official said Thursday.