Oil-rich City Of Kirkuk Lies At The Heart Of Iraq Election Law Deadlock (AP) BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi politicians are dueling with new hostility over the fate of Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both self-ruled Kurds in the north and... [read full story]
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Reuters BAGHDAD: Iraq’s electoral authorities called on Friday for polls due next January to be delayed after Parliament failed once more to agree on how to hold the vote. If Parliament insisted on sticking to the scheduled...
Commission ‘cannot guarantee ballot will meet international standards’ due to time shortage Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by Reuters BAGHDAD: Iraq’s electoral authorities called on Friday for polls...
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Parliament failed again yesterday to approve a law to regulate a national election in January, deepening doubts about whether the nation can hold the vote on schedule. US military officials have said a...
JURIST] An official from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission on Friday called for a delay of the January 16 parliamentary elections, after the Iraqi Parliament [official websites, in Arabic] remained at an impasse...
Because the politicians appear unable to reach an agreement, they are seriously talking about a vote delay . The elections are scheduled, at this time, for January 16. A delay might not be as bad as it sounds. They might be...
The Iraqi parliament, having failed on numerous occasions to resolve the issue of Kirkuk in the pending elections law, appears to have reached a compromise on Thursday, but the details of the compromise have not been divulged....
BAGHDAD, (Reuters) - Iraq's electoral authorities called on Friday for polls due next January to be delayed after parliament failed once more to agree on how to hold the vote. "The delay in approving the electoral law has put...
Source: Reuters * Electoral commission wants watershed elections delayed * Parliament has yet to agree law for January vote * Main sticking point is northern city of Kirkuk By Muhanad Mohammed BAGHDAD, Nov 6 ...
Iraqi lawmakers blew another deadline Thursday as they continued haggling over an election law that’s crucial to the country’s political stability and to the Obama administration’s plans for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops.
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Parliament failed again yesterday to approve a law to regulate a national election in January, deepening doubts about whether the nation can hold the vote on schedule. US military officials have said a...
