Vote empowers Iraqi expatriates
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CHICAGO -- After watching the devastation of his country under Saddam Hussein, and suffering torture at the hands of Hussein's son Uday, Ihsan Abdulhadi fled Iraq in 1998 and eventually ended up in Omaha, never thinking free elections would be held in his homeland.
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Around a thousand Iraqis who have settled in Wales are preparing to cast their vote in the election being held in their homeland.
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In just over seven weeks Iraqis will head to 9000 polling places to elect a 275 member transitional assembly. It will be the nation&#39;s first democratic election.
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American expatriates in Germany are turning out in record numbers for the presidential election, spurred on by the German public, U.S. military commanders or a newfound sense that every vote could be decisive.
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Joyful tears and frequent applause marked the start of U.S. voting Friday in Iraq's first independent elections in more than 50 years.
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BASRA, Iraq -- Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who is responsible for bringing democracy to Iraq, got a stirring taste of electoral politics on a recent swing through the impoverished Shi'ite south of the country.
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Iraqis around the world streamed into polling stations Sunday for their last chance to cast ballots in Iraq's historic election, expressing hopes that the vote will bring peace and stability to their homeland.
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Iraqis living in 14 countries will be able to  vote in the general election scheduled for 30 January.
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Exiled Iraqis began registering to vote Monday in their homeland's first independent election in nearly 50 years, with dozens arriving at polling stations in 14 countries from Australia to Britain to the United States &#151; and many expressing confusion at the process.
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Up to four million Iraqis living overseas are preparing to register to vote in Iraq's first post-Saddam elections.
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LONDON -- Americans who live abroad are expected to vote in unprecedented numbers in the US presidential election, according to party and government officials involved in registration for absentee ballots around the world.
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For most Americans, registering to vote can be a tedious, humdrum process. For most Iraqis in this country, it's a brand new world.
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Despite insurgent attacks, initial reports of strong turnout in Iraq's landmark vote lend air of legitimacy.
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LONDON -- The day after Iraqis defied the threat of violence and voted by the millions, world leaders from Europe to the Middle East, many of whom had opposed the US-led invasion of Iraq, said yesterday the national election was a step forward.
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Iraqi exiles from Australia to the  United States began registering on Monday for elections at the  end of the month, many of them voting for the first time in a  poll they hope will help bring democracy to their country.
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Tuesday's European papers are full of praise for Iraqi voters in the wake of Sunday's national elections.
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Weary of wars, Iraqis queuing to vote on a bright Saturday morning in Tehran mostly agreed it was time to go home, hoping their votes would unravel decades of discrimination against the Shi'ite Muslim majority.