US seeks Sunni role in post-election Iraq government: report
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WASHINGTON  - The United States is talking to Iraqi leaders about ways to guarantee minority Sunni Muslims a minimum level of top posts in Iraq &#39;s future government, The New York Times reported.
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Leading Sunni Muslim politicians Thursday urged postponement of the Jan. 30 national elections, and a senior official said the government had agreed to meet outside the country with Saddam Hussein supporters to try to convince them to abandon the insurgency.
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DUKAN, Iraq -- Leading Sunni politicians and representatives of Iraq's prime minister and president called yesterday for Iraq's national election to be postponed until order is restored in the violence-racked Sunni Arab heartland, the strongest signal yet that the ballot might not take place in January as scheduled.
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Washington is pressing neighboring countries to persuade Sunnis in Iraq to vote in next month&#39;s elections, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday, the same day the top party from the minority group withdrew from the ballot.
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has agreed to look into political demands of the main Sunni Arab political bloc which pulled out of his Shi'ite-led government last month, his office said.
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The Bush administration is talking to Iraqi leaders about guaranteeing Sunni Arabs a certain number of ministries or high-level jobs in the future Iraqi government
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The Bush administration plans to  give strategic advice, training and polling data to what it  deems as "moderate and democratic" Iraqi political parties with  candidates running in the country's upcoming elections,  government documents show.
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Four months after Iraq's unity government took office, hope is turning to disappointment. Key U.S. leaders are hinting that Iraq's leaders must make hard decisions &#151; and soon &#151; if they expect American support to continue.
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Iraq&#39;s election body rejected a suggestion in Washington that it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shiites win an exaggerated majority in the new assembly.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's election body rejected a suggestion from Washington that it adjust the results of next month's vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new assembly.
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UNITED NATIONS : The US administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are trying to organize an international conference in October to boost Iraq&#39;s electoral process, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a report.
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Is there a &quot;Sunni problem&quot; in Iraq, as the United States would like us to believe? If there is, it is entirely of Washington&#39;s making.
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Iraq&#39;s election body rejected a suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi&#39;ites
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Leading Sunni clerics declared on  Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic  election would lack legitimacy because many people had  boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led  occupation.
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Leading Sunni clerics declared on Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led occupation.
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, worried that a Sunni Muslim boycott could turn Iraq&#39;s Jan. 30 election into a fiasco, has launched a major diplomatic and political campaign to encourage Sunnis to vote
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Facing the prospect of a Shiite Muslim landslide, Sunni politicians offered on Saturday to participate in mapping the nation's political future. But Sunni rebels showed no sign of compromise, killing three U.S. troops and at least 33 Iraqis in a string of attacks.