Iraq seeks EU, NATO help to keep elections on track
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Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar called on NATO and the European Union to do more to help stabilize his war-ravaged country ahead of elections which he hopes can be held as planned in January.
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Several political groups in Iraq are calling for the postponement of national elections, scheduled for January 30. The parties, mostly Sunni Muslim, Kurdish and secular groups, cited security
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said elections will be held on time in his country on January 30 &quot;whatever the situation&quot;.
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Iraq is determined to press ahead with elections in January, its interim Prime Minister said yesterday, despite the upsurge in violence that has led Tony Blair to talk about a &quot;second&quot; conflict in the country.
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UNITED NATIONS - Iraqâs interim prime minister appealed for a major infusion of foreign troops and international aid to help his country hold elections by January, saying a failure to achieve democracy would be a victory for terrorism.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi urged Iraqis Monday to unite behind democracy in the wake of the country's historic elections, but al-Qaida's arm in Iraq vowed to press ahead with its "holy war" despite its failure to stop the voting by millions of Iraqis.
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The European Union discussed proposals on Friday to help stabilize Iraq and organize elections there despite lingering differences among member states over the US-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.
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The Bush administration and interim  Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western  and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in  holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral  process, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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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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NICE, France -- Several NATO nations, encouraged by the Jan. 30 elections in Iraq, are offering to train Iraqi security forces in their own countries, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday.
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Meeting with leaders of the European Union in Brussels, the prime minister of Iraq&#39;s interim government, Ayad Allawi, has called for reconciliation with European nations and urged &quot;spectator&quot; states to engage in Iraq.
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DUKAN, Iraq -- Leading Sunni politicians and representatives of Iraq's prime minister and president called yesterday for Iraq's national election to be postponed until order is restored in the violence-racked Sunni Arab heartland, the strongest signal yet that the ballot might not take place in January as scheduled.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government intends to proceed with elections in January even if the United Nations withdraws its experts from the country
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on 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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The head of Iraq&#39;s electoral commission says he is not empowered to delay the country&#39;s elections as demanded by some political parties, but he does not rule out a postponement.
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VALKENBURG, Netherlands  - The European Union  discussed proposals on Friday to help stabilize Iraq and  organize elections there despite lingering differences among  member states over the U.S-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.
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WASHINGTON - Offering a simple, "Thank you America," Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi declared Thursday that his country is moving successfully past the war that ousted Saddam Hussein and vowed that elections will take place next year as scheduled.   "Elections will occur in Iraq on time in January because Iraqis want elections on time," Allawi told a joint meeting of Congress, an appearance that President Bush's advisers hoped would ease American voters' doubts about the troubled campaign in Iraq...