Iraqis may extend election amid violence
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Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Iraqâs interim government Saturday vowed to hold national elections Jan. 30, despite rising demands to postpone the vote because of the countryâs violent insurgency.
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Iraq&#39;s election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January&#39;s vote because of violence gripping the country.
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The impending attack could decentralize the Iraqi insurgency and increase the risk of violence during elections.
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Violence in Iraq could worsen after  this weekend's elections because insurgents may exploit the  uncertain period while polling results are certified and the  government assembled, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on  Wednesday.
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The registration deadline for Iraqis voting abroad in their country's Jan. 30 election was extended by two days on Saturday amid low turnout in some of the 14 countries where voter registration centers were established.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday national elections will go ahead in January as planned despite a countrywide surge in violence against U.S. forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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Iraqi officials said Saturday they are considering new measures to protect voters in the Jan. 30 national election, including a three-day, nationwide ban on driving to discourage car-bombings. Fresh clashes broke out in the troubled northern city of Mosul, where most election officials have fled their jobs in fear.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite  continuing violence which Thursday killed 41 people including  34 children.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday elections would be held as planned in January despite a surge in violence across the country.
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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says violence in Iraq is bound to increase ahead of the country's January elections -- because the insurgents "fear" the balloting.
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Conditions for Iraq's election are far  from ideal and violence is expected on the day, but the vote  will go ahead on Jan. 30 and should be credible, the U.N.'s top  election official in Iraq said on Saturday.
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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 president says Ghazi al-Yawar the 30 January poll must go ahead, despite continuing violence.
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Iraq chose January 30 for its first democratic election in decades today, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.
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More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled.
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With Iraq&#39;s elections only five weeks away, waves of violence continue to grip the country. In one incident, five Iraqis were killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack