Top Iraq groups demand poll delay
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Several leading Iraqi political parties call for national elections scheduled for 30 January to be delayed.
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Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's  most powerful religious leader, has expressed concern that  nationwide elections could be delayed and may withhold his  support in protest over the planned vote, the New York Times  reported on Thursday.
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Some of Iraq&#39;s most powerful political groups, including the party led by the interim prime minister, called Friday for a six-month delay in elections scheduled for Jan. 30, citing concerns over security.
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Iraqi&#39;s interim government must persuade opposition groups to take part in upcoming elections, a draft declaration from the international conference in Egypt revealed late Monday.
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Iraqi political figures continued on Sunday to react to a movement by Sunni Arabs to delay elections by six months.
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Iraqis living abroad are being given more time to register for the 30 January poll because of a low turnout.
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Iraq's electoral commission is to discuss a request by leading parties to postpone 30 January general elections.
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Violence and a lack of preparedness spur calls to postpone the Jan. 30 election.
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A Sunni group that had called for a delay in voting quietly files its slate for balloting. â¢ Seven Iraqis were killed Thursday in clashes in Baghdad and the volatile city of Ramadi.
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Iraq&#39;s most powerful Shiite cleric is opposing a drive by prominent Sunni and Kurdish political factions to delay elections scheduled for Jan. 30, an aide to the cleric and Shiite leaders said Saturday.
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election. Talk of delaying the election gained momentum after influential Sunni Muslim politicians urged the
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An official of a Sunni political party said Thursday the group would push forward with demands to postpone general elections despite statements the government was committed to holding the vote on Jan. 30.
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A commander of multinational forces in Iraq has suggested that the countryâs planned elections be moved up by a month to December, saying militants could use an extended campaign to disrupt the poll.
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BAGHDAD, 23 November 2004 - Some Arab delegations at a meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, with counterparts from Iraqâs neighbors and the United States among others, yesterday said it may be better to delay the polls in Iraq to ensure full participation.
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More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled.
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Iraq&#39;s election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January&#39;s vote because of violence gripping the country.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown.