Gulf Arabs Want Polls to Lead to Broad-Based Iraq
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Pro-Western Gulf Arab states meeting for a summit in Bahrain hope that Iraq&#39;s elections will produce a broad-based government, their host said Monday.
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BAGHDAD -- As Iraq's campaign season winds into its final week, voters will have to make their choices in a fog of limited information.
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Iraq can hold credible polls on time  despite relentless bombings and kidnappings by anti-U.S.  insurgents bent on derailing the political process, the top  U.N. elections expert in the country said Monday.
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The Bush administration called again today for wide participation in the Iraqi elections of Jan. 30, and it expressed cautious optimism that security would be strong enough to assure valid results.
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Backed by Iraq&#39;s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the political coalition of 228 candidates is expected to sweep next month&#39;s elections.
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The U.S. had been pressing Iraq to pass the measure in an effort to draw Sunni Arabs into Iraqâs political process.
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Description: Iraq&#39;s interim leader works to persuade Iraqi expatriates to participate in January&#39;s parliamentary elections.
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Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Shiite parties presented a list Thursday of 228 candidates for next month's parliamentary elections. Minority Sunni Arabs, who had been favored under Saddam Hussein, must now decide whether to join the race or renounce a vote that will help determine the country's future.
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Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, worried by  rising Shi'ite power in Iraq, urged the United States on  Tuesday to ensure all religious and ethnic groups take part in  next month's elections, which Shi'ites look poised to win.
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BASRA, Iraq -- Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who is responsible for bringing democracy to Iraq, got a stirring taste of electoral politics on a recent swing through the impoverished Shi'ite south of the country.
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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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BAGHDAD - Iraqâs majority Shiites yesterday unveiled a broad electoral alliance in a move likely to leave them with the lionâs share of the vote in next monthâs landmark polls for a transitional government.
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BAGHDAD, Dec 9  - Iraq&#39;s majority Shiite Muslims on Thursday unveiled a broad alliance ahead of next month&#39;s key elections that is backed by their highest religious leader but which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Iraqis in Britain will be able to cast their vote in London, Manchester and Glasgow in their country's general election next month, an official of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
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Pro-Western Gulf Arab states meeting for a summit in Bahrain hope that Iraq's elections will produce a broad-based government, their host said Monday.
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UNITED NATIONS - Iraq's 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.    Standing before the leaders of many nations that opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Ayad Allawi on Friday urged the international community to set aside its differences over the legality of the invasion to oust Saddam Hussein and "stand fast by Iraq."  "We need to broaden the base of troop-contributing countries to (the multinational force) so that we would stand more determined and be better equipped to confront terrorism," he said in his first appearance before the U.N...
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The Arab League has formally asked its members to re-establish full diplomatic relations with Iraq. A draft resolution presented to the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo, called on the League&#39;s 22