U.S. Envoy Acknowledges Iraq Election Woes
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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq acknowledged serious problems ahead of next weekend's election but gave assurance Sunday that "great efforts" were being made so every Iraqi can vote. In an audiotape posted on the Web, a speaker claiming to be Iraq's most feared terrorist declared "fierce war" on democracy, raising the stakes in the vote.
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People across the Middle East voiced cautious optimism about Iraq's elections Sunday, saying they send a strong message that insurgents have been unsuccessful in scuttling the landmark poll, but also expressing concern that the chaos will not allow for a truly representative result.
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The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq met in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss the grim security issues in the country.
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The United Nations is hopeful elections in Iraq can be held on schedule in January 2005 despite escalating violence &#151; but the level of U.N. electoral assistance will depend on security, the top U.N. envoy to Iraq says.
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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned that it may take the U.S. government as long as two years to process and admit nearly 10,000 Iraqi refugees referred by the United Nations for resettlement to the United States, because of bureaucratic bottlenecks.
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Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, gave Congress an assessment that left unmentioned some of the most troubling developments of the past nine months.
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The United Nations envoy to Baghdad said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.
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As Iraq&#39;s elections due on Jan. 30 draw near, the US appeals to key allies and international organizations, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations
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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed  Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, as the new U.S.  ambassador to Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- The new US ambassador to Iraq has made a career of taking on difficult tasks.
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Iraqi Official Says UN Has Not Sent Enough Workers to Help With Balloting in Jan. Elections. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari gives a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct 20, 2004.
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The chief UN elections expert gave an upbeat report Friday on the elections scheduled for Jan. 31 in Iraq, saying that despite the difficulties of working in
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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 first direct, high-level contact in years among U.S., Iranian and Syrian representatives included "frank and sometimes jovial exchanges," Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, said Saturday.
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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned skeptical senators on Thursday against an unconditional withdrawal of American troops but was told, in the words of one influential Democrat, "We ain't staying."
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A confidential report from Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq warned the country is sliding toward civil war and is likely to divide eventually along ethnic lines, according to a news report Thursday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned on Friday that time is running out for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain the burgeoning sectarian bloodshed that threatens to plunge the country into civil war.