Coalition to compete in Iraq elections
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A coalition fielding 228 candidates and supported by Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric has been formed to compete in the January 30 national elections.
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In Iraq, students and Shiite political parties are backing the country&#39;s forthcoming national elections. And a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says the government
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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 war in Iraq is shaping the opening stages of the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, just as it did in the 2004 campaign.
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Both parties appeared to be maneuvering to gain political advantage from a relatively peaceful vote in Iraq.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - The United States and  its allies on Monday found common cause with opponents of the  invasion of Iraq, encouraging Iraq to hold elections on time in  January even as some Arab states floated the idea of a delay.
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The results of the Iraqi election are to be announced on Sunday, amid a fresh wave of insurgent attacks.
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Iraq's main Shiite Muslim alliance expects to win the biggest share in the country's National Assembly but not enough to push through a political agenda or claim the prime minister's job without support from other parties &#151; notably the Kurds.
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The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) slate announced in Baghdad on Thursday is backed by the country&#39;s revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and now looks favored to win Iraq&#39;s first free election in decades, planned for January 30.
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Iraq&#39;s majority Shiite Muslims have announced a broadly-based alliance ahead of next month&#39;s key elections, which is backed by their highest religious leader but excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Iraq's politicians are trying to stitch together a new majority alliance in parliament that would leave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power and freeze out backers of a powerful Shiite cleric who is leading a political standoff, officials said Thursday.
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The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq&#39;s first democratic election in January, combining a fall military offensive to evict insurgents
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Kurdish leaders from rival factions in northern Iraq have united in hopes of winning a large bloc of seats in Sunday's National Assembly vote and say they will insist that either the presidency or the prime minister's job goes to a Kurd.
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Stakes of Sunday's election look high for Iraq and world.
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Key players and parties who figure prominently in Iraq's first national election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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For the first time since the removal of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis will go to the polls to elect a new leader. Elections are to be held on January 30th to choose Iraq&#39;s 275-seat national assembly, a Kurdish national
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.