Iraqi president insists vote will go ahead as violence surges
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BAGHDAD - Iraqâs interim President Ghazi al-Yawar insisted that crucial elections would go ahead as planned next month despite the sharp upsurge in insurgent attacks that have killed more than 90 people in three days.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi admits for the first time that violence will prevent parts of Iraq voting in elections.
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President Bush and interim Iraqi  President Ghazi al-Yawar vowed on Monday to press ahead with  Jan. 30 elections in Iraq despite a surge in violence that has  killed more than 70 people in recent days.
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Insurgents vowing total war on Iraq's  election killed 17 people on the eve of the vote on Saturday  and the country's president warned the violence would scare  most Iraqis away from the polls.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has insisted that elections should be conducted in Iraq on schedule although violence could prevent the polls going ahead in the country&#39;s
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said elections would go ahead as planned in January, despite  continuing violence that Thursday killed 41 people including 34  children.
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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 interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi insisted that Iraq's looming elections would put an end to the country's bloody violence.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday national elections will go ahead in January as planned despite a countrywide surge in violence against US forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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President Bush said today that there would be more bloodshed in Iraq before the Jan. 30 elections there, but he vowed that they would go on as scheduled.
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Iraq&#39;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
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Two-thirds of registered voters in the Iraqi capital say they will cast their ballots in the Jan. 30 election despite the threat of violence, an independent Iraqi newspaper survey found Monday.
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The Iraqi prime minister insisted Sunday that the raging insurgency &#151; which has claimed 300 lives in the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings &#151; will not delay January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against the violent opposition.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead as planned in  January, despite a countrywide surge in violence targeting U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Sunday elections would be held on schedule in January despite a surge in violence and more than a score of hostages under threat of death from insurgents.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday violence must not upset plans to hold nationwide elections in Iraq, whose prime minister indicated the government was gearing up to retake rebel strongholds.
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Iraqi elections should go ahead as planned in January despite mounting violence unless the United Nations says it is not feasible, interim President Ghazi al-Yawar says.