Iraq Shi'ites Debate PM Choice, Allies After Poll
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh  from winning landmark elections, gathered on Monday to choose a  candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after  failing to win an absolute majority.
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Iraq's prime minister saw his support erode on two fronts today as a White House memo questioned his leadership and a powerful political bloc suspended participation in Iraq's government.
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Iraq's politicians are trying to stitch together a new majority alliance in parliament that would leave Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in power and freeze out backers of a powerful Shiite cleric who is leading a political standoff, officials said Thursday.
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Iraq's elections will be legitimate if  roughly half the Sunni Arab minority votes despite threats of  violence, a leading politician in the Shi'ite alliance expected  to dominate the polls said on Saturday.
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The idea is backed by the U.N. but is opposed by other Iraqi leaders, among them the countryÂs Kurdish president and Mr. MalikiÂs chief Shiite rival.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh from winning landmark elections, gathered on Monday to choose a candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after failing to win an absolute majority.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders in neighboring Jordan, trying to drum up support for the election, seen as vital for building a democratic government in Iraq.
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Indications emerged Wednesday that an impasse had developed among members of the Shiite Muslim coalition that won the most votes in last month's National Assembly election, as party functionaries and representatives of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani tried for another day to apportion leadership positions in the next government.
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A coalition fielding 228 candidates and supported by Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric has been formed to compete in the January 30 national elections.
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Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious parliamentary groups agreed Sunday to open debate on a contentious Shiite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq, politicians said.
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BASRA, Iraq -- Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who is responsible for bringing democracy to Iraq, got a stirring taste of electoral politics on a recent swing through the impoverished Shi'ite south of the country.
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Iraqi politicians struggled Saturday to reach agreement on candidates for two key security posts that remained vacant a week after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki&#039;s government of national unity took office.
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NAJAF, Iraq -- Top Shi'ite clerics, emboldened by what they perceive as a massive turnout by their followers for the coalition of Shi'ite religious parties, have already directed their attention to advocating for an Islamic constitution, several of them said in the aftermath of Sunday's election.
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Group favored to win Iraq election tried to play down fears that it would bring an Iranian-style government to country.
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The power struggle between the Shiite coalition and prime minister Allawi may present tough choices for the U.S.
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Iraq's prime minister will deliver a   blunt message to fellow Shi'ite Islamists in Tehran on Tuesday   that they should not interfere in Iraq's affairs.
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Analysis: No one seems happy with the Iraqi Prime Minister, but he has held on for two reasons: his political acumen and the lack of a good alternative