Iraq Shi'ites Debate PM Choice, Allies After Vote
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh  from winning landmark elections, gathered Monday to choose a  candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after  failing to win an absolute majority.
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister, struggling to prevent sectarian violence from sending Iraq into full-fledged civil war, is facing strong criticism from top Shiite and Sunni Arab leaders alike as he prepares for a summit with President Bush next week.
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Iraq's prime minister is weighing whether to sever his alliance with a radical Shiite cleric blamed for much of the country's sectarian violence, aides said Wednesday. But isolating Muqtada al-Sadr could lead to more deadly attacks, even if the strategy could produce a more stable administration over time.
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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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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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An Islamist Shi'ite politician and  former exile emerged as the front-runner to become Iraq's new  prime minister Tuesday as horse-trading to decide the line-up  of the next government entered the final stages.
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Iraq's future political landscape began to take shape Friday, as a coalition led by powerful Shiite Muslim groups revealed a few of its candidates in next month's parliamentary election. They include former exiles, a prominent cleric and members of the interim government.
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Labour delegates have forced a debate and vote on Britain&#39;s role in Iraq hours after Tony Blair said he would not apologise for the war.
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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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Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday responded to critics in the U.S. Congress, saying his government had kept Iraq from sliding into sectarian civil war.
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BAGHDAD -- As a post-election calm gave way to a burst of deadly attacks, Iraqi election officials yesterday released partial results in the ballot for a new national legislature that showed a slate of cleric-backed Shi'ite Muslim parties taking a strong lead.
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WASHINGTON -- Leaders of Iraq's religious parties have emerged as the country's most popular politicians and would win the largest share of votes if an election were held today, while the US-backed government of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is losing serious ground, according to a US-financed poll by the International Republican Institute.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh from winning landmark elections, gathered on Monday to choose a candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after failing to win an absolute majority.
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Talks on who would get what in Iraq's newly elected National Assembly were under way even before the final results came in, but the clergy-backed Shiites, whose winning margin was less than what they expected, may now have to compromise more than anticipated.
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Iraq&#39;s Shiite Muslims led by Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Thursday unveiled a broadly based electoral alliance which excludes radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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Iraq&#39;s Shia Muslims have joined forces to create the countryâs first serious post-war political coalition, which could well sweep to power in elections scheduled for the end of next month.
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BAGHDAD -- Shi'ite politicians demanded changes in Iraq's government yesterday, accusing a Sunni Arab party in the coalition of ties to terrorism after a bodyguard for its leader was arrested on suspicion of planning bomb attacks.