Iraq carnage kills 21 as UN official warns time not ripe for polls
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BAGHDAD  - At least 21 people were killed in the latest in a renewed spree of attacks to hit Iraq, as a top UN official issued a stark warning that elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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Guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks in Iraq Tuesday, and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi acknowledged what he called pockets of the country would be too unsafe for voting in a Jan. 30 election.
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Iraqi PM warns violence will rise ahead of January polls as more than 560 killed in four months to September. BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Tuesday that carelessness by some elements of the
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The number of civilians slain in Iraq reached an unprecedented level in July and August, which saw 6,599 violent deaths, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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At least 21 people were killed and 150 injured yesterday as two suicide car bombers wrought havoc in Baghdad and US forces pounded suspected insurgents in the east of the capital.
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NEARLY 50 people have been killed in just two days of violence in Iraq as insurgents ramp up their attacks in the lead-up to next month&#39;s landmark elections.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed by continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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At least 21 people were killed in Iraq Sunday morning in a series of attacks on Iraqi police stations. The attack was part of escalating violence as US and Iraqi forces prepare a major assault of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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Leading Iraqi politicians have called for a six-month delay in the January 30 election because of the spiralling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an intimidation campaign by insurgents against
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BAGHDAD : At least 21 Iraqis were killed and more than 100 wounded as fresh violence rocked Baghdad while fears grew for the fate of a British hostage whose two US colleagues were beheaded by their Islamist captors.
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AT least 43 people were killed as insurgents launched a string of attacks on Iraqi security forces and other targets today, raising questions about their readiness to secure landmark elections next month.
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Iraq's relentless pre-election carnage continued unabated Wednesday with deadly attacks on an Iraqi police recruiting station and on a military convoy not far from the funeral procession for a high ranking Iraqi official slain on Tuesday.
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Iraq must push ahead with Jan. 30  elections despite relentless bloodshed, voter intimidation and  attacks on electoral staff, the chief U.N. election official in  the country said Sunday.
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Iraq chose January 30 for its first democratic election in decades today, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.
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Insurgents in Iraq have launched a series of attacks which killed 23 people on Sunday. This brings the total death toll from three days of violence to more than 70.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- At least 21 Iraqis, most of them civilians, were killed in attacks by insurgents north of Baghdad on Sunday, in the latest strikes on Iraqi security forces and people working with the US military.
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Insurgents have killed 21 Iraqis and  two U.S. soldiers in recent assaults, showing there has been no  respite in the fight against U.S.-led forces and their allies  since Sunday's election.