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 Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as U.S. forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an ...
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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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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents plowed a car bomb into a bus carrying Kurdish militiamen in northern Iraq yesterday, while Sunni and Shi'ite militias fought a pitched battle south of Baghdad. The day's violence, which killed dozens, underscored the continuing rise in ethnic and sectarian tensions as Iraq heads toward nationwide elections in January.
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Voter registration by Iraqis living outside their country has been far below expectations &#151; perhaps due to apathy or fear of reprisals &#151; but it has shown signs of increasing, prompting organizers to extend it for two days, they said Saturday.
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The Electoral Commission of Iraq made the announcement after violence surged through central and northern Iraq on Saturday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq remains on course to hold landmark elections in January, but violence could force authorities to exclude hot spots such as the western city of Fallujah from voting, a top US general said yesterday.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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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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London, Sept. 20 (NNN): The ongoing violence notwithstanding, elections in the country will take place in January as scheduled, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has said.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government voiced confidence on Monday that an election it has scheduled for Jan. 30 will go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some areas and
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An escalating political rift among Iraq&#39;s main religious groups and continued violence throughout the country are threatening parliamentary elections set for January.
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The impending attack could decentralize the Iraqi insurgency and increase the risk of violence during elections.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - 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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Insurgents vowing total war on Iraq's  election killed 17 people on the eve of the vote on Saturday  and the country's president warned the violence would scare  most Iraqis away from the polls.
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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
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed by continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.