Iraqis to Debate Bill on Creating Autonomous States
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The legislation could allow Shiites in the south to form semi-independent regions, like Kurdistan in the north.
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Iraqi lawmakers reconvened on Tuesday after a month-long summer recess, under mounting pressure to get legislation passed that Washington believes will help heal deep sectarian rifts in the country.
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On a day heralded as a new beginning for Iraq, many Iraqis were divided on whether the newly inaugurated national unity government will be able to curtail sectarian violence in the country.
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Despite Sunni objections, Shiite lawmakers are pushing legislation that would carve Iraq into largely autonomous regions.
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The Iraqi government will present a national reconciliation plan to parliament Sunday that would grant some insurgents amnesty and ask for approval of a series of steps for Iraqis to take over security from U.S. troops, according to a key politician and a draft of the document.
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Iraq will hold national elections on  Jan. 30 to choose a transitional parliament that will pick a  new government and oversee the writing of a permanent  constitution, the Electoral Commission said Sunday.
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Amid continuing violence, Iraqis prepare for a crucial election. Here's what it will take for the next government to gain legitimacy--and why the new leaders may demand that the U.S. withdraw
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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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Description: Iraq&#39;s interim leader works to persuade Iraqi expatriates to participate in January&#39;s parliamentary elections.
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Shiites continued to fight for the authority to create autonomous states, a plan that Sunni lawmakers warned could undermine the countryÂs government.
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Questions are growing over whether Iraq will be able to hold fully nationwide elections in January as part of its planned transition to a more democratic system of government.
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More than 1.7 million Iraqi Kurds have signed a petition calling for a referendum on whether northern Iraq should become an independent Kurdish state.
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Political leaders in the capital struggled to reach a deal that would end the fight over splitting Iraq into autonomous states.
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Iraq's feuding ethnic and sectarian groups agreed Sunday to consider amending the constitution and begin debating legislation to create a federated nation, while the Shiite prime minister appealed for an end to violence during Ramadan.
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With seven weeks to go before landmark  polls, Iraq's electoral body is stepping up a campaign to  inform voters of their rights, but widespread ignorance remains  among the electorate, interviews show.
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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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Iraq&#39;s election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January&#39;s vote because of violence gripping the country.