Iraq election delay &#39;considered&#39;
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission has said it will consider a request from leading political parties to delay general elections scheduled for 30 January.
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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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BAGHDAD - Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday 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
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London, Sept. 20 (NNN): The ongoing violence notwithstanding, elections in the country will take place in January as scheduled, Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has said.
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DUKAN, Iraq -- Leading Sunni politicians and representatives of Iraq's prime minister and president called yesterday for Iraq's national election to be postponed until order is restored in the violence-racked Sunni Arab heartland, the strongest signal yet that the ballot might not take place in January as scheduled.
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Iraq may modify plans for its first  free election to give people more time to vote next month,  officials said on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Delaying Iraq's elections beyond  Jan. 30 would give insurgents a tactical victory and provide no  guarantee that security there would improve, Bush  administration officials said on Wednesday.
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With only two months to go until Iraq&#39;s general elections, the local government has yet to devise a plan for registering voters in one of the country&#39;s largest cities.
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Iraq may modify plans for its first  free election to give people more time to vote next month,  officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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BAGHDAD - Several Iraqi political parties on Friday called on the interim government to postpone the January national election for at least six months, until the safety of voters can be guaranteed.
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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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More than a dozen Iraqi political parties want elections in Iraq postponed until security at the polls can be guaranteed, but President Bush said Thursday the Jan. 30 date for elections is firm and should not be changed.
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Despite calls for a delay and the generally unstable situation, President Bush stands firm on the Jan. 30 date for elections. WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday flatly ruled out any delay in Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan.
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Delaying Iraq's landmark elections scheduled for January would have "serious ramifications" for the country's political process, Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Salih said.
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission said it will examine Saturday a request by 15 leading political parties for the Jan. 30 elections to be postponed by six months.
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Italy said on Wednesday Iraqi elections planned for Jan. 30 should be seen through because any postponement could deal a blow to the prospects of a stable democracy emerging in the country.
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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.