Main Sunni party pulls out of Iraqi election
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Iraq&#39;s largest mainstream Sunni Muslim party pulled out of the election race yesterday, saying the violence plaguing areas north and west of Baghdad made a &quot;free and fair vote&quot; on January 30 impossible.
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The largest political party representing Iraq &#39;s Sunni Muslim minority announced Monday that it would drop out of the Jan. 30 election, dealing
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission is considering setting aside seats in the country&#39;s national assembly for Sunni Arab politicians and
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BAGHDAD In the first major political backlash over the siege of Falluja, the country&#39;s most prominent Sunni political party said Tuesday that it was withdrawing from the interim Iraqi government, and the leading group of Sunni clerics urged Iraqis to
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Leaders of Iraq's Sunni minority say they have failed to generate any enthusiasm for nationwide elections scheduled for January.
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Iraq says it will close the offices of the Kurdish PKK rebel group and stop its operations in the country.
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Seven Sunni-led insurgent organisations in Iraq agree to form a public political alliance to plan for an American withdrawal.
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Leading Sunni clerics declared on Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led occupation.
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BAGHDAD, Dec 27: Thirteen people were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of a top Iraqi Shia political leader, while the country&#39;s main Sunni Muslim party announced a boycott of next month&#39;s crucial elections.
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A suicide car bomber hit one of Iraq&#39;s biggest Shiite parties running in elections next month, killing nine people but missing its leader, hours before the most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic polls.
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Moktada al-Sadr has told Iraqi leaders that he is planning to disband his militia and possibly field candidates for office.
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Musharraf's party concedes defeat, and secular candidates oust religious parties in the northwest.
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Iraq's top Sunni Muslim party is  withdrawing from Jan. 30 elections, saying persistent violence  would keep people from voting in the Sunni north and west.
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November 23, 2004 -- BAGHDAD - Gunmen assassinated two influential Sunni clerics who called for a boycott of national elections, soon after Iraqi officials announced the balloting would be held Jan. 30 in spite of rising violence in the country.
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Leading Sunni clerics declared on  Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic  election would lack legitimacy because many people had  boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led  occupation.
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Sunni Arab leaders who have called for a boycott of the Iraq elections say they intend to get involved in politics after the vote.
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The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election, and a spokesman for the majority Shiite community called the date &quot;nonnegotiable