Iraqi Officials Consider Extending Voting Period
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Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month's elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown.
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Iraq has chosen January 30 for its first democratic election in decades but violence in Sunni Muslim areas is underlining the challenge of holding polls on time.
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Judging by the statements of those who have the power to decide, an election will be held in Iraq on January 31 - come what may. Despite calls for a six-month delay from Iraqi political parties involved
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Iraq may modify plans for its first  free election to give people more time to vote next month,  officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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PARIS : Iraq&#39;s elections will go ahead as scheduled in January even if some Iraqis are unable to vote due to the security situation in the country, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published in the several western daily newspapers.
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BAGHDAD- The head of Iraqâs electoral commission said on Saturday he was not empowered to delay the countryâs elections as demanded by some political parties, but he did not rule out a postponement.
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BAGHDAD, 23 November 2004 - Some Arab delegations at a meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, with counterparts from Iraqâs neighbors and the United States among others, yesterday said it may be better to delay the polls in Iraq to ensure full participation.
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Arab delegations to an international conference on Iraq said on Monday it might turn out better to delay Iraqi elections beyond January to ensure full participation.
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Iraq's president urged the United Nations Tuesday to look into whether the country should go ahead with its scheduled Jan. 30 election despite violence threatening to scare voters away from the polls.
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Iraqi authorities fear that the country's security crisis will discourage international monitors from coming here for the January election &#151; a development that could cast doubt on the legitimacy of the crucial vote.
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The Pentagon is considering  increasing the U.S. force in Iraq for the January elections by  delaying the departure of some troops and speeding the arrival  of others, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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The decision announced yesterday by Iraqi, American and United Nations officials to hold elections on Jan 30 reflected a judgment that delaying voting would further embolden insurgents and nudge Iraq closer to anarchy.
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Insurgents launched attacks in the Sunni heartland cities of Samarra and Ramadi on Wednesday, while Iraqi officials mulled a suggestion to extend national voting for two or more weeks beyond the established date of Jan. 30.
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission has said it will consider a request from leading political parties to delay general elections scheduled for 30 January.
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Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as U.S. forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an ...