Jordan&#39;s king doubts Iraqi elections possible
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Iraq is far too unsafe to hold elections as scheduled in January and extremists would do well in the poll if Baghdad tried to hold it, Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah said in an interview.
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The Middle East is on the verge of three civil wars -- in Iraq, Palestinian territories and Lebanon -- unless strong action is taken urgently by the international community, Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Sunday.
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PARIS The Jordanian monarch said in an interview published Tuesday that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current chaos and that he sees no chances of improvement in the short term.
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Iraq&#39;s interim president expressed doubts Friday over a claim of responsibility by a previously unknown militant group for the kidnapping of
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WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi sees a bright future for Iraqi democracy, brushing aside skeptics who say elections set for January may be truncated or canceled altogether because of violence.    Defense Secretary Donald H...
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raq&#39;s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, acknowledges that those elections he and President Bush have vowed would take place next January &quot;may not be perfect.
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Iraq&#39;s president, an influential Sunni Muslim, threw his support Wednesday behind holding the Jan. 30 election on time despite insurgent threats he said have paralyzed voter
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Iraqi and U.S. officials are nervous about whether the recent handover of power in Iraq is too late. They also are worried about whether Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has sufficient legitimacy among Iraqis.
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PARIS Sept. 28, 2004 - Extremists will have the upper hand in Iraqi elections if voting is held amid the current violence, Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II said in an interview published Tuesday, voicing profound
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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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U.S. warplanes bombarded rebel-held  areas of Iraq on Tuesday, targeting fighters loyal to Jordanian  militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, while Jordan's king said Iraq  was too dangerous for elections to be held in January.
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis, notably in restive Sunni Arab areas, may have been denied their right to vote on Sunday because of insufficient ballots and polling centers, officials said.
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Iraq&#39;s elections were thrown into renewed doubt only days after the interim government won international backing for its decision to hold the poll at the end of January.
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast doubts over the viability of holding free and fair elections in Iraq, saying he &quot;cannot imagine&quot; how an occupied country can go through a meaningful electoral exercise.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his doubt that the Iraqi elections will be held at their due time. Putin said during his meeting with the Interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi that he
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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari  said Monday the interim government is not underestimating the  security threat to planned national elections on Jan. 30 and  believes the poll can take place.
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IRAQI Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with Chinese state media today that landmark elections planned for next month could be delayed in some parts of Iraq due to fragile security.