Iraq poll 'victory over violence'
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Iraq's interim PM hails Sunday's election amid reports that turnout in Sunni areas was not as low as expected.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s landmark January polls looked set to take place as planned, although ongoing violence did nothing to alleviate the security concerns of the proponents of a delay.
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SAMARRA, OCTOBER 3: US and Iraqi forces on Sunday declared victory in Samarra, the first step of a drive to take back all of Iraqâs rebel-held areas before elections due in January.
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The list of candidates representing Iraq's majority Shiite Muslims won the most votes in the nation's Jan. 30 election, followed by the Kurds and then Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's list, Iraqi election officials said Sunday.
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Iraqis living in the United States greeted the results of Iraq's first elections with excitement Sunday, praising the outcome as a crucial first step toward democracy but remaining fearful of continuing violence.
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Even with widespread violence in Iraq, voters there showed a passion for democracy by apparently turning out in numbers comparable to a typical election in the United States.
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World leaders, including French President Jacques Chirac and other leading opponents of the war in Iraq, heaped praise on Iraqi voters Monday for their strong turnout in landmark elections, saying terrorists were the losers.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday national elections will go ahead in January as planned despite a countrywide surge in violence against U.S. forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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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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President Bush congratulated the Iraqi candidates and voters as final results in the country's national elections showed Shiites and Kurds led the ballot.
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Two marines, three US servicemen killed south and west of baghdad, election date holds despite violence. By Jean-Marc Mojon - BAGHDAD.
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LONDON: Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite continuing violence which on Thursday killed 41 people including 34 children.
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An alliance of Shi'ite Islamist groups  won the most votes in Iraq's election, but the percentage it  received -- 47.6 percent -- was lower than many expected,  according to the final vote tally released on Sunday.
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Britain today welcomed the announcement that nationwide elections would be held in Iraq on January 30, despite the continuing violence in many parts of the country.
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Iraq&#39;s plans to hold elections in January have gained traction after a Shi&#39;ite militia agreed to disarm in Baghdad and delegates from rebel-held Falluja said the Sunni Muslim city wanted to vote in the polls.
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An alliance of Shi'ite Islamist groups  won the most votes in Iraq's election, but the percentage it  received -- 47.6 percent -- was lower than many expected,  according to the final tally released on Sunday.
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Iraq's elections will be legitimate if  roughly half the Sunni Arab minority votes despite threats of  violence, a leading politician in the Shi'ite alliance expected  to dominate the polls said on Saturday.