Annan urges inclusive Iraq vote
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UN chief Kofi Annan urges Iraq's interim government to reach out to the Sunni Muslim minority ahead of elections.
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Iraq must do more to heal its political wounds and revive its economy or elections could fail to achieve their goal of stability and legitimacy, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Tuesday he has asked the United Nations to send troops to help secure elections promised in January and voiced concern over a manpower shortage in the Iraqi police.
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A stepped-up U.S. campaign against insurgents must not be allowed to alienate the Iraqi public, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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Iraq must push ahead with Jan. 30  elections despite relentless bloodshed, voter intimidation and  attacks on electoral staff, the chief U.N. election official in  the country said Sunday.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH: The worldâs main powers and the Middle East countries put on a rare show of unity on Tuesday to support January elections in Iraq that UN chief Kofi Annan termed âcriticalâ to quell rampant violence.
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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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UN chief Kofi Annan says Iraq is almost in the throes of a civil war, as the country's president visits Iran.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of a civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a governmnent itself riven by factional rivalries.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Iraq was in the grip of civil war as U.S. and Iraqi forces attacked insurgent bases in a bid to shore up the authority of a government itself riven by factional rivalries.
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A senior UN official has warned that Iraqi elections could not be held in the current climate of violence. Lakhdar Brahimi, a special adviser to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan
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UNITED NATIONS - Iraqâs 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.
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Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi appealed to Iraqis of all religions and ethnic groups to defy militant violence and vote in Sunday's elections.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed Sunday for Europe and the United States to back a major overhaul of global security measures to combat terrorism, keep weapons of mass destruction from spreading and quell regional conflicts.
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The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has declined to give a firm commitment about increasing the number of UN personnel in Iraq ahead of next month&#39;s elections in the country.
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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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22 December 2004 - As his top envoy continued meetings with Iraqi officials in Baghdad ahead of elections scheduled for 30 January, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Iraqi people &quot;have a chance for the first time in a long