US encouraging Sunnis to participate in Iraqi elections
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The Bush administration has undertaken a campaign aimed at getting Sunnis to vote in next month&#39;s assembly elections and is ready to help
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As Iraq&#39;s elections due on Jan. 30 draw near, the US appeals to key allies and international organizations, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations
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The call for a six-month postponement of elections planned for Jan. 30 gives a boost to a movement largely led by Sunni Arabs.
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Leaders of the United Iraqi Alliance urged disaffected Sunnis to join in the elections for a national assembly.
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The United States has said it may send more troops to Iraq to protect elections in January against violence if US commanders decide they are needed.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunni Muslim politicians in Iraq are asking the government to postpone the January national election. A former foreign minister said a delay could give political leaders time to persuade Sunni
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The United States is doing everything it can to put in place conditions that will allow Iraqis to conduct elections due by Jan. 30, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview published on Tuesday.
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The US administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are trying to organize an international conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral process, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a report.
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The Bush administration has been  talking with Iraqi leaders about guaranteeing Sunni Arabs  high-level jobs in Iraq's new government even if Sunni  candidates fail to do well in elections, The New York Times  reported on Sunday.
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Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, worried by rising Shi&#39;ite power in Iraq, urged the United States on Monday to ensure all religious and ethnic groups take part
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Iraq's Jan. 30 elections are likely  to be "less than perfect" due to violence but the United States  is working with Iraq to encourage the broadest possible  participation, the White House said on Wednesday.
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Iraqi&#39;s interim government must persuade opposition groups to take part in upcoming elections, a draft declaration from the international conference in Egypt revealed late Monday.
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WASHINGTON The Bush administration is working with Iraqi leaders to press Middle Eastern countries and Western democracies to hold an international conference this autumn to bolster Iraq&#39;s electoral process and to encourage Iraqi dissidents to participate
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BAGHDAD  - As the Iraqi government tried to warm up to the Sunni Arab minority ahead of January polls, its troops continued joint raids with US forces against insurgent bastions across the country.
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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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Iraq&#39;s election body has rejected a suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the transitional Iraqi government to be set up after next month&#39;s elections will have to &quot;find a way&quot; to assure that Sunni Muslims are fairly represented.