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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Violence marred Iraq&#39;s first official day of parliamentary election campaigning Wednesday as interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced his candidacy for the Jan. 30
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VAUGHAN, Ont. (CP) - Iraqi-Canadians braved fierce winter weather in some parts of the country Saturday to register to vote in their home country's first democratic election in half a century.
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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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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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Iraq chose Jan. 30 for its first democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.
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Around a thousand Iraqis who have settled in Wales are preparing to cast their vote in the election being held in their homeland.
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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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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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Iraqi authorities set January 30 as the date for the nationâs first election since the collapse of Saddam Husseinâs dictatorship and pledged that voting would take place throughout the country, despite rising violence and calls by Sunni clerics for a
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Iraq begins sending ballot boxes to the provinces for Sunday's  election, as new violence kills at least 12.
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Iraqi voter registration abroad is extended due to low turnout, as extra security is announced for the election.
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It is not quite right to say that today is the first time that Iraq's people have had the opportunity to go to the polls.
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Iraqis from Britain's 250,000-strong community began registering to vote in the first democratic polls to be held in their country of birth in half a century.
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Iraqis living in 14 countries will be able to  vote in the general election scheduled for 30 January.
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Iraqis in two of the country's most troubled provinces will be permitted to register and vote on the day of elections, the head of Iraq's electoral commission said Saturday.
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Iraq's most powerful-looking electoral  bloc unveiled a slate of candidates for its election campaign  on Thursday, throwing down a gauntlet to minority Sunni Arabs  who complain next month's vote will be marred by violence.