IRAQ VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS
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In a step towards landmark elections in Iraq, registering of voters and potential candidates has begun despite the latest violence, which claimed the life of Baghdad&#39;s deputy governor.
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The legitimacy of Iraqi election is likely to hinge on voter turnout by the Sunni minority.
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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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For the first time since the removal of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis will go to the polls to elect a new leader. Elections are to be held on January 30th to choose Iraq&#39;s 275-seat national assembly, a Kurdish national
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LONDON -- Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote yesterday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States -- and many expressing confusion at the process.
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Emotions ran high as hundreds of  jubilant British Iraqis arrived on Friday to vote in their  country's historic election.
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The Iraqi election season officially kicked off yesterday, and the mudslinging started right away. Iraq&#39;s defense minister, an ally of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, blasted
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The registration deadline for Iraqis voting abroad in their country's Jan. 30 election was extended by two days on Saturday amid low turnout in some of the 14 countries where voter registration centers were established.
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In just over seven weeks Iraqis will head to 9000 polling places to elect a 275 member transitional assembly. It will be the nation&#39;s first democratic election.
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Iraq has set a date of 30 January 2005 for its first nationwide election since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The announcement came from the independent Iraqi electoral commission in Baghdad.
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Iraqis living in Britain have begun registering for their country's January 30 elections, an emotional milestone for many.
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Fewer than a quarter of eligible Iraqis living abroad sign up to vote in Sunday's election, officials say.
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Thousands of British-based Iraqis were turning out to vote as overseas polling began in Iraq's historic election, with many exiles gleeful at the chance to shape their country's future.
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Description: Iraq&#39;s interim leader works to persuade Iraqi expatriates to participate in January&#39;s parliamentary elections.
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Voter registration has begun throughout the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in preparation for possible general and local elections next year.
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President Bush will be on the ballot, at least in the realm of public opinion, when Iraq holds its first democratic election in nearly half a century.
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MARK COLVIN: Iraq&#39;s election campaign is officially underway and already it&#39;s been hit by violence and fears that minority Sunnis will boycott next month&#39;s poll.