Iraq's acting speaker urges end to party boycotts
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Iraq's acting parliamentary speaker urged political blocs on Thursday to end their boycott of the legislature to help push through vital laws designed to ease sectarian tension between Shi'ite and Sunni Arabs.
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United Nations - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Friday appealed to world leaders at the United Nations to put aside their differences over the war and help rebuild his shattered nation.
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Iraq's new prime minister, in his debut appearance before the U.N. General Assembly, appealed to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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Interim Iraqi PM Iyad Allawi urges what he calls 'spectator' countries to help rebuild Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 12 -- The speaker of the Iraqi parliament said Tuesday that a controversial plan to partition the country into three autonomous regions is politically dead.
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A senior Shi'ite cleric urged Iraqis on Saturday to boycott Sunday's landmark elections and take up arms to expel U.S. forces from the country.
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Sunni Arab leaders who have called for a boycott of the Iraq elections say they intend to get involved in politics after the vote.
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An audio recording purportedly by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden aired on Monday urged Iraqis to boycott January parliamentary polls and said anyone who took part would be an &quot;infidel.
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DUBAI - An audio tape purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, aired on Monday urging Iraqis to boycott January parliamentary polls and saying anyone who takes part would be an &quot;infidel&quot;.
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Politicians must start to bear responsibility for the spiralling violence in Iraq, the country's prime minister says.
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Iraq&#39;s new prime minister, in his debut appearance before the UN General Assembly, appealed to world governments on Friday to put aside their differences over the war and help Baghdad rebuild.
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A leading contender to be Iraq's next prime minister says the government should not allow laws that conflict with Islam.
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UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's interim prime minister appealed for a major infusion of foreign troops and international aid to help his country hold elections by January, saying a failure to achieve democracy would be a victory for terrorism.    Standing before the leaders of many nations that opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Ayad Allawi on Friday urged the international community to set aside its differences over the legality of the invasion to oust Saddam Hussein and "stand fast by Iraq."  "We need to broaden the base of troop-contributing countries to (the multinational force) so that we would stand more determined and be better equipped to confront terrorism," he said in his first appearance before the U.N...
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Iraq's prime minister urged regional rivals on Saturday to stop using Iraq as a battlefield to fight out their proxy wars, addressing a meeting at which U.S. officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria.
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Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders called Sunday for an end to Iraq's sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war's deadliest attack.
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Iraq's firebrand Sunni Arab parliament speaker will not be removed from his post, a legislator from the country's most powerful Shiite political bloc said Friday.
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DAVOS, Switzerland -- An Iraqi Cabinet minister suggested yesterday that Sunni Muslims and other groups who boycott this weekend's election should receive jobs in Iraqi ministries to give them a stake in the future of a democratic nation.