No delay to Iraq's January poll
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The Iraqi electoral commission rejects a request for the elections due at the end of January to be postponed.
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IRAQI Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is adamant January elections remain on track despite US warnings that violence could exclude some provinces.
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Iraqâs interim government Saturday vowed to hold national elections Jan. 30, despite rising demands to postpone the vote because of the countryâs violent insurgency.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead in January as  planned despite a countrywide surge in violence against U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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Iraq's landmark election planned for January 30 should not be delayed even if all Iraqis are not able to participate, a senior US Senator said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi prime minister insisted Sunday that the raging insurgency - which has claimed 300 lives in the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings - will not delay January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against the violent opposition.    Meanwhile, a grisly videotape posted on a Web site showed the beheading of three hostages believed to be Iraqi Kurds accused by militants of cooperating with U.S...
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Iraq's interim government voiced  confidence on Monday that an election it has scheduled for Jan.  30 will go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some  areas and a threat of a boycott by the once dominant Sunni  minority.
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The head of Iraq&#39;s electoral commission says he is not empowered to delay the country&#39;s elections as demanded by some political parties, but he does not rule out a postponement.
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Iraq&#39;s interim Prime Minister told British media in an interview published on Monday he wanted elections to go ahead as planned in January even if violence prevented some Iraqis from voting.
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The United States is confident  Iraq's elections will take place as planned on Jan. 30 despite  pressure to delay the poll, Secretary of State Colin Powell  said on Monday.
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President Bush said Thursday that  Iraq's scheduled Jan. 30 elections should not be postponed  despite calls by some Iraqi politicians for a delay to improve  security against a deadly insurgency.
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Judging by the statements of those who have the power to decide, an election will be held in Iraq on January 31 - come what may. Despite calls for a six-month delay from Iraqi political parties involved
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Iraq has set a date of 30 January 2005 for its first nationwide election since the toppling of Saddam Hussein. The announcement came from the independent Iraqi electoral commission in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq will hold national elections on January 27, the country&#39;s vice-president Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Friday. The war-torn country is currently ruled by an interim government appointed last June
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The British Army's head tells the BBC the attacks which killed dozens in Iraq will not derail January's elections.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that Iraq would go ahead with national elections by January, even if rampant violence and insurgent activity make it impossible to open polls in such cities as Fallujah, which has been controlled for months by gangs and rebels.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite continuing violence which Thursday killed 41 people including 34 children.