Iraq election: Who is running?
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Key players and parties who figure prominently in Iraq's first national election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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In Iraq, students and Shiite political parties are backing the country&#39;s forthcoming national elections. And a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says the government
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By James Cusick, Westminster Editor, and Zainab Naji in Baghdad. The British and United States governments are on course for another confrontation with the United Nations over the proposed elections in Iraq.
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Iraqi electoral officials on Sunday scheduled national and provincial elections for Jan. 30 and said that nearly 200 political groups had applied to take part.
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ELEANOR HALL: To Iraq now, and the insurgency there is increasingly drawing warnings from neighbouring countries, particularly about the viability of the elections due to be held in Iraq in January.
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The United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) slate announced in Baghdad on Thursday is backed by the country&#39;s revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and now looks favored to win Iraq&#39;s first free election in decades, planned for January 30.
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Iraq's future political landscape began to take shape Friday, as a coalition led by powerful Shiite Muslim groups revealed a few of its candidates in next month's parliamentary election. They include former exiles, a prominent cleric and members of the interim government.
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BAGHDAD -- Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite cleric, Shi'ite parties presented a list yesterday of 228 candidates for next month's elections. Minority Sunni Arabs, who had been favored under Saddam Hussein, must decide whether to join the race or renounce a vote that will help determine the country's future.
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For the first time since the removal of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis will go to the polls to elect a new leader. Elections are to be held on January 30th to choose Iraq&#39;s 275-seat national assembly, a Kurdish national
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plans to hold elections in January next year. On Tuesday, Washington&#39;s strongest ally in the Middle. interim Iraqi government pushed ahead with them, extremists could well be the biggest winners.
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Shiite Muslim politicians backed by Iraq&#39;s most prominent religious leader announced a powerful coalition of candidates Thursday that is likely to sweep January&#39;s parliamentary elections.
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Stakes of Sunday's election look high for Iraq and world.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's electoral commission yesterday set Jan. 30 for elections to choose a National Assembly, a vote that could deliver power to Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim majority after decades of disenfranchisement. The balloting, however, remains imperiled by calls for a Sunni Muslim boycott and a persistent insurgency that has roiled Sunni regions.
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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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When rival political camps start attacking each other&#39;s credibility, you know an election is looming. That&#39;s where things are now in the presidential race between Republican President George Bush and his challenger, Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi meets with members of the Independent Election Committee in Baghdad on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The committee presented the current state of preparation for elections (AP Photo/ Mohammed Messara, Pool).
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Backed by Iraq&#39;s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the political coalition of 228 candidates is expected to sweep next month&#39;s elections.