Syria to Offer Iraqi Expat Polling Sites
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Iraqi expatriates in Syria will have the opportunity to vote in this month's Iraqi elections under an agreement signed Sunday between the Syrian government and the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration.
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A quarter of a million Iraqi exiles, or  90 percent of those registered, voted abroad in their  homeland's historic election, organizers said on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON -- A senior State Department official has applied for a visa to travel to Syria to address the problems of Iraqi refugees, further eroding the Bush administration's previous position of not engaging in direct talks with Damascus.
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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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Iraq and Syria agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Tuesday after a break of a quarter of a century, a move Iraq hopes may help stem what it says is Syrian support for militants.
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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 in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States &#151; and many expressing confusion at the process.
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Iraq will ask Iran and Turkey for border security arrangements to keep foreign militants out, similar to measures already agreed with Syria, the Iraqi Foreign Minister said on Monday.
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Iraqis living abroad are being given more time to register for the 30 January poll because of a low turnout.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi will travel to Jordan on Tuesday to meet with Iraqis outside the country as part of attempts to get as many Iraqis as possible to participate in upcoming elections, diplomats and Iraqi officials said.
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Syria and Iraq signed on to a plan Monday to cooperate in combating terrorism and crime, the official SUNA Syrian news agency said.
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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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BAGHDAD - Iraq&#39;s Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month&#39;s elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.
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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to boost voting in the Iraq election, the United States is setting up polling places in five American cities -- Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Nashville -- to give expatriates a voice in choosing an interim assembly in Baghdad.
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Iraqis around the world streamed into polling stations Sunday for their last chance to cast ballots in Iraq's historic election, expressing hopes that the vote will bring peace and stability to their homeland.
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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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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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The European Union's foreign policy chief will urge Syria on Wednesday to do more to help ease tensions in Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that will end a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.