US President sticks to January election for Iraq
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US President George W. Bush and Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar, have re-stated their firm commitment to holding elections on January 30, despite an upsurge in violence in Iraq.
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Delaying Iraq's elections beyond  Jan. 30 would give insurgents a tactical victory and provide no  guarantee that security there would improve, Bush  administration officials said on Wednesday.
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Sticking with the senior member of his war council at a time when the United States is struggling to stabilize Iraq, President Bush has decided
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Elections in January throughout Iraq are an achievable goal, the State Department said Monday, but it refused to predict the goal would be reached.
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PARIS : Iraq&#39;s elections will go ahead as scheduled in January even if some Iraqis are unable to vote due to the security situation in the country, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published in the several western daily newspapers.
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President (George W.) Bush said on  Thursday that he and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi would  "stay the course" in Iraq and insisted national elections will  be held in January despite a worsening insurgency.
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US and Iraqi leaders on Monday pledged to hold the Iraqi elections as scheduled amid continued violence in Iraq. &quot;I expressed my strong belief that Iraqi elections must
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Iraq&#39;s Electoral Commission has announced that elections in the country will go ahead on January 30, not January 27 as previously suggested.
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Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has vowed that elections will go ahead as scheduled in January, even if some Iraqis are unable to vote.
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Elections will go ahead in Iraq next  January as planned, despite the violence ravaging the country,  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Thursday.
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BAGHDAD: The presidents of Iraq and the United States pledged yesterday there would be no delay to landmark elections on January 30 despite a flare-up of violence that left about 100 dead in three days.
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Fortified by his victory at the polls, President George W. Bush now faces pressing, unfinished business in Iraq where US forces are poised to storm insurgent strongholds to clear the way for January elections.
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The interim prime minister of Iraq, Iyad Allawi, has told a joint session of the US Congress, elections scheduled for January will go ahead, saying the Iraqi people are determined not to allow insurgent and terrorist attacks to spoil election plans.
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Iraq's interim president told George W. Bush at the White House Monday that the "armies of darkness" would not stop Iraqis voting next month, even though there is no let up in insurgents' efforts to wreck the election.
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The US military in Iraq will move into insurgent-filled &quot;no-go zones&quot; to stabilize them in advance of elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  told Congress on Thursday Iraq would hold elections in January  despite the flaring insurgency, and urged the U.S.-led  coalition not to bow to terrorist forces.
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President Bush rejected calls for a delay in next month&#39;s Iraqi elections, insisting Thursday that the vote was too important to put off even though violence and chaos still grip the country.