Iraqi PM Extends Emergency Laws for Elections
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Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that Iraq would go ahead with national elections by January, even if rampant violence and insurgent activity make it impossible to open polls in such cities as Fallujah, which has been controlled for months by gangs and rebels.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says national elections scheduled for Jan. 30 could be staged over two or three weeks so that the military can protect voters in dangerous places.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government extended the closure of Baghdad international airport indefinitely on Saturday under emergency rule imposed ahead of this week&#39;s US-led offensive on Falluja.
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IRAQ Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today extended a closure of Baghdad&#39;s international airport to civilian traffic for another 24 hours as part of a series of emergency measures, his spokesman said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared a 60-day state of emergency across most of Iraq on Sunday amid expectations of an imminent assault on the rebel hub of Fallujah.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi publicly acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that parts of Iraq probably won't be safe enough for people to vote in the Jan. 30 elections, and he announced plans to boost the size of the country's army from 100,000 to 150,000 men by year's end.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday ahead of January elections amid spiraling insurgent attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in two days.
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country.    The announcement came as fresh violence erupted in Baghdad and Mosul...
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite continuing violence which Thursday killed 41 people including 34 children.
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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has  extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government  special powers to crack down on insurgents, the government said  in a statement on Thursday.
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Iraqi PM warns violence will rise ahead of January polls as more than 560 killed in four months to September. BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday that carelessness by some elements of the
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says elections will go ahead as scheduled in January despite unrelenting violence. Allawi spoke after meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who described
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead as planned in  January, despite a countrywide surge in violence targeting U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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BAGHDAD, Nov 7  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Iraq to combat spiralling violence as 21 police officers were shot dead execution-style in a dawn ambush on their stations.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.