Bloody weekend hits hopes for Iraq polls
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At least 21 people, including 17 Iraqis working for the US military, were killed Sunday as a senior UN official warned that next month&#39;s crucial elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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BAGHAD -- The Iraqi political campaign officially kicked off yesterday, colored by hope but tempered by violence that highlighted security concerns leading up to the national election set for Jan. 30.
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Election centers have been bombed,  candidates and electoral officials threatened and even killed.  With only a week to go, intimidation is turning Iraq's landmark  polls into a new kind of secret ballot.
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Insurgents stepped up attacks Thursday against polling centers across Iraq, killing at least a dozen people, including a U.S. Marine, in the rebel campaign to frighten Iraqis away from participating in this weekend's election.
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Stakes of Sunday's election look high for Iraq and world.
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Violence in Iraq could worsen after  this weekend's elections because insurgents may exploit the  uncertain period while polling results are certified and the  government assembled, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Wednesday.
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US officials in Washington and Baghdad said at the weekend they were confident Iraq&#39;s parliamentary and local elections would take place on January 30
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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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The results of the Iraqi election are to be announced on Sunday, amid a fresh wave of insurgent attacks.
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Iraq&#39;s election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January&#39;s vote because of violence gripping the country.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the first official day of campaigning for the Jan. 30 elections in violence-racked Iraq, candidates were trying to figure out how to woo the voters.
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With elections just days away, an increase of violence is casting doubt on the whether voters will show up at all.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqis voted yesterday in historic national elections in unexpectedly large numbers, despite insurgent attacks on voters and polling stations that killed at least 35 people and injured at least 171. Nine attackers also died.
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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 ...
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MOSUL, Iraq -- Gunmen bombed two churches in this tense city yesterday, fueling fears of ethnic and sectarian unrest ahead of an election next month.
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A WAVE of attacks that included car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul have left nearly 40 people dead in Iraq, exacerbating fears that violence could derail Iraq&#39;s January elections.
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Security deterioration forces rethink in election date, US President hopes date would not be changed. By Rouba Kabarra - BAGHDAD. Iraq&#39;s electoral commission said it would examine Saturday a request by 10