Iraqi Political Groups Call for Delay of Elections
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Several political groups in Iraq are calling for the postponement of national elections, scheduled for January 30. The parties, mostly Sunni Muslim, Kurdish and secular groups, cited security
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election. Talk of delaying the election gained momentum after influential Sunni Muslim politicians urged the
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Iraqi Electoral Commission announced Sunday that it set the date of Jan. 30 as the date of the national election, which had previously been tentatively set for Jan. 27, said reports reaching here from Beirut, Lebanon.
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Representatives of two dozen nations and international organizations attending a conference on the future of Iraq pressed the country's interim government Tuesday to work harder to encourage opposition forces to participate in elections scheduled for January.
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Iraq on Wednesday urged international  donors to speed up funding for reconstruction, stalled by  violence and insurgency, and said holding elections was key to  improving security.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunni Muslim politicians in Iraq are asking the government to postpone the January national election. A former foreign minister said a delay could give political leaders time to persuade Sunni
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Influential Sunni Muslim groups and Iraq&#39;s two main Kurdish movements yesterday requested a delay in nationwide legislative elections set for Jan. 30, saying they feared
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 1 -- Long-awaited elections scheduled for next week are almost certain to be postponed, a choice that rankles opposition leaders in Pakistan who want the vote held on time.
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Several leading Iraqi political parties call for national elections scheduled for 30 January to be delayed.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government says it is determined to hold elections as scheduled at the end of January, despite demands from several political groups for
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President Bush said on Thursday that  Iraq's scheduled Jan. 30 elections should not be postponed  despite calls by some Iraqi politicians for a delay to improve  security against a deadly insurgency.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite parties insisted on Saturday that elections should go ahead on Jan. 30 as planned, rejecting mounting calls from Sunni and secular politicians to postpone the polls because of guerrilla violence.
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Seventeen political parties on Friday demanded postponement of the Jan. 30 elections for at least six months until the government is capable of securing polling places.
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A commander of multinational forces in Iraq has suggested that the countryâs planned elections be moved up by a month to December, saying militants could use an extended campaign to disrupt the poll.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed because of continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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Some of Iraq&#39;s most powerful political groups, including the party led by the interim prime minister, called Friday for a six-month delay in elections scheduled for Jan. 30, citing concerns over security.
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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