Sunni bloc ends boycott of Iraqi parliament
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc has ended its boycott of the Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday, in a positive sign for the country's faltering attempts at national reconciliation.
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The head of Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Saturday the bloc had agreed to rejoin the Shi'ite-led government, but other senior officials said no final decision had been made.
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BAGHDAD: Iraqâs main Sunni Muslim political party threatened on Thursday to boycott the countryâs first free election if it goes ahead on January 30 as scheduled.
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Iraq's parliament on Tuesday welcomed an agreement designed to staunch sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad, but there was no sign of further talks to add substance to the prime minister's sketchy four-point plan.
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Scores of Iraqi lawmakers stormed out of parliament on Tuesday after blocking a vote on the 2008 budget and other key bills, prompting calls for the legislature to be disbanded.
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BAGHDAD, July 19 -- Iraq's largest Sunni political group announced Thursday that it will end its boycott of parliament, returning the legislative body to full strength for the first time in five weeks.
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Friday it was suspending its participation in cabinet because of legal steps being taken against one of its ministers, deepening the sectarian gulf between the country's politicians.
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BAGHDAD, 26 November 2004 - Iraqâs Sunni Muslim political parties yesterday threatened to boycott the Jan. 30 election. âWe call for elections to be postponed for six months because the security situation
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More than four years after Saddam Hussein's ouster, the Security Council voted Friday to shut down the U.N. inspection bodies that helped uncover his illegal weapons programs but were then banned from Iraq by the United States.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 -- The main Sunni Arab political bloc boycotted parliament Sunday to protest legislation supported by Shiite Muslims and Kurds that would carve Iraq into a federation of three autonomous states.
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Sunni Arab leaders who have called for a boycott of the Iraq elections say they intend to get involved in politics after the vote.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government is resigned to a partial boycott of the Jan. 30 elections although it is trying to draw all parties into the political process, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Tuesday.
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Monday it was ready to return to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led administration in an effort to revive the national unity government that collapsed last year.
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A MAJOR Sunni political party has quit the interim Iraqi Government in protest over the US assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, the party&#39;s leader said yesterday.
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Iraq&#39;s largest mainstream Sunni Muslim party pulled out of the election race yesterday, saying the violence plaguing areas north and west of Baghdad made a &quot;free and fair vote&quot; on January 30 impossible.
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Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has agreed to look into political demands of the main Sunni Arab political bloc which pulled out of his Shi'ite-led government last month, his office said.
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Iraq&#39;s leading Sunni Muslim party withdrew from the country&#39;s Jan. 30 elections on Monday, saying its conditions for participating had not been met.