Annan says Iraqis ready for polls
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The UN is &quot;doing the job&quot; of supporting elections in Iraq and no more staff are needed there, its Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has said.
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Syria will allow Iraqis living in the country to cast ballots for the election in Iraq on 30 January.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan questioned on Wednesday whether Iraq could hold elections in January if violence persisted and said the US-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because it violated the UN Charter.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's appeal for international troops to protect U.N. monitors during Iraq's elections next year is unlikely to get a reply from Europe before the U.S. elections, analysts and diplomats said Friday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday elections would be held as planned in January despite a surge in violence across the country.
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Iraq's interim government voiced  confidence Monday that an election scheduled for Jan. 30 will  go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some areas and a  threat of a boycott by the once dominant Sunni minority.
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Ethnic Serbians in the province of Kosovo should vote in tomorrow&#39;s parliamentary elections to ensure their ``interests and concerns are represented,&#39;&#39; said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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It is still "technically possible" for Iraq to hold elections in January as scheduled, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday, while acknowledging that the United Nations may not have enough staff on the scene to support preparations for the vote.
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Iraq's elections will go ahead as scheduled in January even if some Iraqis are unable to vote due to the security situation in the country, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published in the several western daily newspapers.
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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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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday elections would be held on schedule in January despite a surge in violence and more than a score of hostages under threat of death from insurgents.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan held talks Thursday centering on UN support for next month&#39;s Iraqi elections.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is taking the first steps to expand its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Basra and Erbil but is planning to have only about 25 electoral specialists in the country ahead of the scheduled Jan. 30 elections, a UN spokesman said yesterday.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead as planned in  January, despite a countrywide surge in violence targeting U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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With nationwide elections three months away, the senior United Nations official here says his office and the interim Iraqi government have assembled a list of nearly
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As U.S. and Iraqi forces step up their campaign to curb insurgents in Iraq, they should strive to avoid alienating the wider public as the country struggles to improve security ahead of January's elections, United Nations chief Kofi Annan said Tuesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq that new military campaigns in Fallujah and other insurgent strongholds could jeopardize upcoming elections, according to a letter obtained Friday.