Iraq Rejects U.S. Talk of Adjusting Vote Result
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Iraq's election body rejected a  suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month's  vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni  areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new  assembly.
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UNITED NATIONS (BBC) -- The leader of the UN team organizing Iraq&#39;s elections has criticized the US defense secretary for suggesting only a limited vote might take place.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani rejected the Iraq Study Group's report Sunday, calling it "very dangerous" to Iraq's sovereignty and constitution.
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President Bush rejected calls for a delay in next month's Iraqi elections, insisting Thursday that the vote was too important to put off even though violence and chaos still grip much of the country.
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President Bush rejected calls for a delay in next month&#39;s Iraqi elections, insisting Thursday that the vote was too important to put off even though violence and chaos still grip the country.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- Iraqi officials rejected Arab criticism of US actions in their country, as an international conference on Iraq&#39;s future opened Monday.
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US Senate foes of President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy are making a new attempt to hold a symbolic censure vote, one day after the president's plan to increase US troop strength in Iraq was repudiated by the House.
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Iraq's president on Sunday rejected suggestions that an international conference be held to address the violence wracking his country, echoing sentiments expressed by other leading politicians.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's election body rejected a suggestion from Washington that it adjust the results of next month's vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new assembly.
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(Baghdad, Iraq -AP, Nov. 27, 2004 1:15 PM) _ Shiite Muslim religious leaders in Iraq are rejecting any delay in holding elections.
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A spokesman for Iraq&#39;s interim government has rejected calls, mainly by Sunni and Kurdish groups, to postpone the country&#39;s first national elections.
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The Bush administration cautioned Iran on Wednesday against trying to influence the outcome of Iraq's election, reacting to fears that Tehran is trying to produce a Shiite-dominated Islamic government in Baghdad.
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Iraq&#39;s Electoral Commission on Sunday dismissed suggestions from Washington that minority Sunni Arabs could get extra seats in parliament after next month&#39;s election to avoid Shi&#39;ite domination if Sunnis fail to vote.
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A senior Iraqi Shiite leader who is meeting President Bush next week on Saturday rejected a suggestion by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to hold an international conference on Iraq.
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Iraq's elections should be nationwide, a top Bush administration official said on Friday,  clashing publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's suggestion that voting might not take place in the most violent areas.
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Iraq&#39;s elections were thrown into renewed doubt only days after the interim government won international backing for its decision to hold the poll at the end of January.
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With just over two weeks until the Iraq election, the Bush administration played down voter turnout Wednesday in determining the election's legitimacy and urged Americans not to get bogged in a numbers game in judging the balloting.