Britain's Straw Says Iraq Elections Must Go Ahead
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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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Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that Iraq would go ahead with national elections by January, even if rampant violence and insurgent activity
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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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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today suggested that sending British troops to relieve American forces outside Baghdad could ultimately speed up Britain&#39;s withdrawal from Iraq, as it may increase the chance of elections being held on time.
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Jack Straw pledged Britain&#39;s support today for the smooth running of elections to replace Yassir Arafat as he laid a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader.
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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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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.
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President Bush said on 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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Commons leader Jack Straw says an inquiry into the Iraq war will be held "in due course".
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The government is "very sympathetic" to a U.S. request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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Tony Blair said on Wednesday he believed Iraq would not be the decisive issue when Britons come to vote at next year&#39;s expected election.
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Iraq sets a date of 30 January for elections, despite continuing violence that threatens to disrupt the poll.
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The car bomb attack outside Baghdad's main police station will not derail Iraq's march towards a stable, democratic future, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Tony Blair has forecast an upsurge in violence in Iraq ahead of planned January elections but says he has not yet decided on a U.S. request for back-up from UK troops.
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Iraq's president urged the United Nations Tuesday to look into whether the country should go ahead with its scheduled Jan. 30 election despite violence threatening to scare voters away from the polls.
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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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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.