Iraqis in Britain register for historic polls
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Iraqis from Britain's 250,000-strong community began registering to vote in the first democratic polls to be held in their country of birth in half a century.
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More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by one of Britain's leading polling groups.
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Iraqi exiles from Australia to the  United States began registering on Monday for elections at the  end of the month, many of them voting for the first time in a  poll they hope will help bring democracy to their country.
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Around a thousand Iraqis who have settled in Wales are preparing to cast their vote in the election being held in their homeland.
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For most Americans, registering to vote can be a tedious, humdrum process. For most Iraqis in this country, it's a brand new world.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Jubilant Iraqi exiles around the world cast their ballots yesterday in Iraq's parliamentary election, coping with tight security and other hardships to take part in the historic event.
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December 22, 2004 -- BASRA, Iraq - Britain&#39;s Tony Blair flew into Iraq yesterday in a surprise show of political bravado designed to boost prospects for Iraqi elections and raise morale for British troops before Christmas.
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Iraqi electoral officials on Sunday scheduled national and provincial elections for Jan. 30 and said that nearly 200 political groups had applied to take part.
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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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Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations from Australia to Britain &#151; and many expressing confusion at the process.
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Britain today welcomed the announcement that nationwide elections would be held in Iraq on January 30, despite the continuing violence in many parts of the country.
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The BBC's correspondents report from across the Middle East as Iraqis go to the polls to elect a transitional Iraqi assembly.
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Iraqi authorities set Jan. 30 as the date for the nation's first election since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and pledged that voting would take place throughout the country despite rising violence and calls by Sunni clerics for a boycott.
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An overwhelming majority of Iraqis continue to say they intend to vote on Jan. 30 even as insurgents press attacks aimed at rendering the elections a failure, according to a new public opinion survey.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Iraqi voters living here and flying in from around the Middle East turned out yesterday on the final day of registration for Iraq's historic election, speaking excitedly of freedom and an unwillingness to bend to boycott calls. But turnout remained low.
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Thousands of British-based Iraqis were turning out to vote as overseas polling began in Iraq's historic election, with many exiles gleeful at the chance to shape their country's future.
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Two-thirds of registered voters in the Iraqi capital say they will cast their ballots in the Jan. 30 election despite the threat of violence, an independent Iraqi newspaper survey found Monday.