Iraqi leaders moot elections delay
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Leading Iraqi political parties, including the two main Kurdish groups closely allied to the United States, have called for elections scheduled for January 30 to be postponed because of Iraq&#39;s widening violence.
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election. Talk of delaying the election gained momentum after influential Sunni Muslim politicians urged the
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Iraqi officials say Jan. 30 has been set as the new date for the war-torn country&#39;s first national elections since a US-led military coalition toppled Saddam Hussein&#39;s regime.
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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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Their comments follow calls by Sunni Muslim politicians and others to postpone the Jan. 30 election. Yesterday, 17 Iraqi political parties representing Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Christians and secular groups demanded a six-month delay.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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A spokesman for Iraq&#39;s interim government has rejected calls, mainly by Sunni and Kurdish groups, to postpone the country&#39;s first national elections.
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Some of Iraq's most powerful political groups called for a six-month delay in elections, citing concerns over security.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi insisted elections will go ahead as scheduled in January despite a surge in violence, promising Sunday that the vote would be a "major blow" to the insurgency, as U.S. warplanes and artillery pounded the guerrilla stronghold of Fallujah...
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More than 15 leading Iraqi parties called on Friday to delay the scheduled January elections by atleast six months, the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV reported.
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Iraqi leaders broke a rancorous   stalemate over plans for regional autonomy on Sunday by   agreeing to put off any final decision for at least 18 months   on an issue many fear might tear the country apart in sectarian   civil war.
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BAGHDAD -- Leading Iraqi politicians called yesterday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an intimidation campaign by insurgents against Iraq's fledgling security forces.
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BAGHDAD- The head of Iraqâs electoral commission said on Saturday he was not empowered to delay the countryâs elections as demanded by some political parties, but he did not rule out a postponement.
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Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as U.S. forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an ...
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Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Sunday that elections would go ahead as scheduled in January despite unrelenting violence and said trials of ousted leader Saddam Hussein and his lieutenants would likely begin in October.
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Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as U.S. forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an intimidation campaign by insurgents against Iraq's fledgling security forces.
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Iraq sets a date of 30 January for elections, despite continuing violence that threatens to disrupt the poll.