Amid struggles, an Iraqi family will vote
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The Monitor has followed the Methboubs since before the war.
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Civilians and soldiers living abroad face an unwieldy system of absentee balloting that could prevent their votes from being counted.
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Iraqi expatriates, some of whom may have failed to register to vote in their homeland's upcoming national election because of weather conditions or a recent Muslim holiday, have been given two more days to do so.
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The family of a soldier wounded in Iraq has been in turmoil since hearing word of their son s serious injuries in Tikrit.
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The most striking images of Iraqis as they participate in the country's first multiparty elections for decades.
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Efforts to organize Iraqi immigrants to cast absentee ballots in their homeland's elections are beset by delays in planning and logistical obstacles.
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Time magazine's special report on Iraq's upcoming elections brings the war closer to home for Carol and Samuel Lujan. The cover captures a stoic image of a young New Mexico soldier &#151; the first glimpse of their son since his deployment to the Middle East last January.
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Some smiled, some were stoic and others hid their faces as Iraqis went to the polls Sunday, braving anti-U.S. insurgents determined to drown the historic vote in blood.
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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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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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Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority face a conundrum that has divided them as elections approach for a 275-member National Assembly.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis of Iraqi descent have the right to vote in the Jan. 30 elections &#151; including a former defense minister and a comedian known for his sidesplitting imitations of Saddam Hussein &#151; but it's hard to find anyone interested in actually casting ballots.
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With longer deployments, continued chaos in Iraq and a growing death toll, a weariness has set in among many military families.
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The Bush administration&#39;s hopes for Iraq rest heavily on whether Iraqis can shape their political future through elections, but it could be difficult for them to vote on Jan. 30, as now planned.
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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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Some came on crutches, others walked  for miles then struggled to read the ballot, but across most of  Iraq millions turned out to vote Sunday, defying insurgent  threats of a bloodbath.
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Iraqis vote on Sunday in a landmark  election overshadowed by massive security to protect them  against insurgents who killed 20 people on Saturday and have  threatened a polling day bloodbath.