Iraqi PM Extends Emergency Laws for 30 Days
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Thursday he had extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government special powers to crack down on insurgents trying to derail Jan. 30 elections.
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TOKYO, Dec. 9 -- Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite condemnation of the mission by more than half of the Japanese public and opposition political parties.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Monday that the weapon-for-money program that started last week in Baghdad&#39;s Sadr City will be extended across the country.
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Iraq's parliament reopened Tuesday after a summer recess and voted to extend a state of emergency for a month because of unrelenting sectarian violence, while the president predicted bloodshed will be quelled by the end of next year.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan&#39;s 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Ayad Allawi publicly acknowledged for the first time yesterday that parts of Iraq probably won't be safe enough for people to vote in the Jan. 30 elections, and he announced plans to boost the size of the country's army from 100,000 to 150,000 men by year's end.
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Iraqi PM warns violence will rise ahead of January polls as more than 560 killed in four months to September. BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday that carelessness by some elements of the
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Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday ahead of January elections amid spiraling insurgent attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in two days.
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JAPAN is preparing to extend its humanitarian troop deployment to Iraq after its current commitment expires on December 14. The undertaking -- which Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi offered to Iraq&#39;s interim
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Iraq's government said on Tuesday it would close its borders with Syria and Iran and extend the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.
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Iraq's interim government extended the  closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on  Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week's  U.S.-led offensive on Falluja.
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Iraq's prime minister says an arms-for-cash scheme that started in Baghdad last week will be extended to other parts of Iraq.
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BAGHDAD The Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, issued repeated warnings on Sunday that negotiations with the rebels who hold Falluja are swiftly running out of time, saying that unless his government is allowed to establish control immediately, he will
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(CBS/AP) Iraq&#39;s Interior Ministry on Wednesday threw its weight behind a reported suggestion by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to hold next month&#39;s national elections over several days, rather than just one.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country. U.S...
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Police set up roadblocks Thursday around the oil-rich southern city of Basra as a monthlong state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went into effect.
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The Iraqi government declared a 60-day state of emergency Sunday in response to the escalation of violence by militants. The emergency declaration covers the entire nation, with the exception of Kurdish-run areas in the northern part of Iraq.