State Dept. Says Iraq Elections Must Be Held in All Regions
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The deputy secretary of state said the elections must be "open to all citizens," contradicting the defense secretary.
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IRAQI Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with Chinese state media today that landmark elections planned for next month could be delayed in some parts of Iraq due to fragile security.
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The Bush administration and interim  Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are pushing several Western  and Middle Eastern countries, including Iran, to join in  holding a conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral  process, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered this week that U.S. diplomatic positions in Iraq must be filled before any other State Department openings in Washington or overseas are made available, raising the possibility that soon the agency will be forced to order its employees to serve in Iraq.
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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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CAIRO -- The Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers yesterday issued a veiled warning to regional religious leaders against using next month's critical elections in Iraq to create a sectarian, Shi'ite-dominated state.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that it will be up to Iraq&#39;s newly elected government to reach out to minority Sunni Muslims if they fail to win much representation in nationwide elections Jan. 30.
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Washington is pressing neighboring  countries to persuade Sunnis in Iraq to vote in next month's  elections, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday, the  same day the top party from the minority group withdrew from  the ballot.
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The United States ambassador in Iraq, Ryan Cocker, has called for all Iraqis working for the US government to be granted refugee status in recognition of the dangers they face.
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U.S. military and civilian officials  have identified 20 to 30 towns and cities in Iraq that must be  pacified before nationwide elections can be held in January,  The New York Times reported Friday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell says he supports, and is ready to take part in, an international conference aimed at bolstering Iraq&#39;s electoral process and securing its borders in advance of elections to be held by the end of January.
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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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The second-ranking official at the State Department said today, in an apparent contradiction of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, that the elections scheduled for Iraq in January must be &quot;open to all citizens.
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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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The US administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are trying to organize an international conference in October to boost Iraq's electoral process, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a report.
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Iraq&#39;s elections should be nationwide, a top Bush administration official said on Friday, clashing publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld&#39;s suggestion that voting
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WASHINGTON - The No. 2 official at the State Department said Friday that the elections planned for January in Iraq must be "open to all citizens," contradicting Defense Secretary Donald H...