Iraq PM says poll will go ahead
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Iraq's interim PM  insists  January's election will take place even if violence stops some Iraqis from voting.
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Iraq's president said on Wednesday that  elections should go ahead next month as planned, distancing  himself from other leading Sunni Arab politicians who are  demanding the polls be postponed due to widespread unrest.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday elections would be held as planned in January  despite a surge in violence across the country.
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Prime Minister Ayad Allawi urged Iraqis Monday to unite behind democracy in the wake of the country's historic elections, but al-Qaida's arm in Iraq vowed to press ahead with its "holy war" despite its failure to stop the voting by millions of Iraqis.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government voiced confidence on Monday that an election it has scheduled for Jan. 30 will go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some areas and
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi prime minister insisted Sunday that the raging insurgency - which has claimed 300 lives in the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings - will not delay January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against the violent opposition.    Meanwhile, a grisly videotape posted on a Web site showed the beheading of three hostages believed to be Iraqi Kurds accused by militants of cooperating with U.S...
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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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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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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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Visiting Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday his government was going to stickto the January election timetable despite the unstable situation in the country
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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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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said most of Iraq is ``completely safe&#39;&#39; and he pledged that terrorists won&#39;t prevent elections from being held in January as planned.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was committed to elections being held in Iraq on January 30 as scheduled in order to deny the "terrorists" a victory.
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Meeting with President Bush, the Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi pledged Thursday that Iraq's elections would take place in January despite escalating violence.
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Iraq's interim president says Ghazi al-Yawar the 30 January poll must go ahead, despite continuing violence.
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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 US-led coalition not to bow to terrorist forces.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledged that elections planned for January would take place on time despite ongoing unrest, in a speech at London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) aimed at drumming up greater international aid.