Bloody weekend hits hopes for Iraq polls
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At least 21 people, including 17 Iraqis working for the US military, were killed Sunday as a senior UN official warned that next month&#39;s crucial elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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At least 20 people were reportedly killed and 65 others injured as the result of weekend violence occurring in Baghdad. Broadcast sources say most casualties occurred Sunday when fierce fighting
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Officials have developed a plan to encircle the 5,700 polling centers with Iraqi security forces and U.S. and British troops. But Iraqi officials have warned that they expect a series of large attacks on, and in the days before, election day.
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Iraq begins sending ballot boxes to the provinces for Sunday's  election, as new violence kills at least 12.
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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.
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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 US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern
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Car bombs tore through a Najaf funeral procession and Karbala's main bus station Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 120 in the two Shiite holy cities. In Baghdad, gunmen launched a bold ambush, executing three election officials, in their campaign to disrupt next month's parliamentary ballot.
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Iraq's president said on Saturday he  expected violence to deter the majority of Iraqis from voting  in Sunday's landmark election.
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Six weeks before Iraq's nationwide vote, another blast of violence hit the country Sunday, including two deadly bombings that claimed dozens of lives and an ambush that killed three employees of Iraq's electoral commission.
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Thousands of people prepared for funerals Monday after deadly attacks in two of Shiite Islam&#39;s holiest cities in Iraq. More than 60 people wee killed in the attacks on Sunday.
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Attacks and explosions mount as Iraqis go to the polls in the first multi-party elections for half a century.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown.
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Iraq's president said on Saturday he  expected that the majority of Iraqis would not vote in Sunday's  election, saying violence would keep them away from the polls.
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The results of the Iraqi election are to be announced on Sunday, amid a fresh wave of insurgent attacks.
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Iraq&#39;s election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January&#39;s vote because of violence gripping the country.
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BAGHDAD - Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent
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MARK COLVIN: Iraq&#39;s election campaign is officially underway and already it&#39;s been hit by violence and fears that minority Sunnis will boycott next month&#39;s poll.