Violence 'may limit Iraqi poll'
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The US defence secretary suggests Iraq may be able to hold January elections only in more peaceful areas.
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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.
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Leading Iraqi politicians called yesterday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of violence, and US forces found more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an intimidation
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Baghdad, Nov. 29 (NNN) : Iraqâs interim deputy prime minister has said that postponing the forthcoming Iraqi elections would be giving in to terrorism.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul warned yesterday that a referendum planned this year on the status of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk should be canceled or else the outcome might widen the sectarian violence that has largely left the northern part of Iraq untouched.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on  Thursday raised the possibility that Iraq could conduct only  limited elections in January, excluding places where violence  was considered too severe for people to go to polls.
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Iraq said Tuesday it would shut its  land borders and bar traffic from getting close to voting  centers over the Jan. 30 polls to try to thwart attacks, as  insurgents targeted a Shi'ite party with a suicide bomb.
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The US Secretary of State warns of more violence in Iraq as elections approach, after a new suicide attack.
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LONDON - The violence in Iraq will not stop the country&#39;s elections from going ahead, as planned, next January, Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday.
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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says violence in Iraq is bound to increase ahead of the country's January elections -- because the insurgents "fear" the balloting.
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Leading Iraqi political parties have called for forthcoming elections to be delayed because of mounting violence in the country. Fifteen political parties - including two Kurdish groups
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Conditions for Iraq's election are far  from ideal and violence is expected on the day, but the vote  will go ahead on Jan. 30 and should be credible, the U.N.'s top  election official in Iraq said on Saturday.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  acknowledged Tuesday there were what he called pockets of Iraq  that would be too unsafe for voting in a Jan. 30 election, as  guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks.
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Ideally, no election should ever take place under the kinds of conditions currently present in Iraq. The question is, will conditions get substantially better if the election is postponed?
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The US government is under pressure from political opponents on whether Iraq's poll can be held as planned.
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Iraq's president said Saturday that many Iraqis will stay away from the polls in his country's historic election because of security fears and warned the vote will fail if Sunnis don't participate.