Mahmoud Othman

Iraqi election dispute worsens

Iraqi election dispute worsens Philadelphia Inquirer A January vote for parliament "might slip," Clinton said. That could affect both Iraq's stability and US troop-pullout plans. By Sahar Issa and Warren P. Strobel BAGHDAD -...

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New Election Law Advances Democratic Goals in Iraq

Washington (VOA) -- The long-delayed election law passed by Iraqi parliamentarians last week clears the way for national elections to be held in January. U.S. President Barack Obama has called it an important milestone toward...

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Baghdad voters see hope, risks in January elections - Feature

Baghdad - Going to the polls this January will be riskier than ever before, 22-year-old Iraqi student Said al-Zamli said Friday, days after lawmakers passed an elections law that cleared the way for elections to be held in...

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Iraq Electoral Law Passes, Sets Up National Vote

BAGHDAD, (AP) – Iraq's parliament ended weeks of debate Sunday and passed a long-delayed law paving the way for the planned January election to go forward, sidestepping a crisis that could have delayed

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No deal yet on Iraq election law

New election law will ensure that national elections take place January 16 Biggest roadblock is how balloting should unfold in Kirkuk, where Kurds stake claim to land Kurds regard Kirkuk as part of Kurdistan; Arabs and Turkmen...

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ABC Indicates Successful, Safe Election Means 'End' to Iraq War

An epochal media moment Monday night on ABC's World News? In an upbeat story about the election in Iraq "with virtually no violence," reporter Jim Sciutto raised the possibility the war is now over -- just in time to enable...

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World › Iraq lawmakers can't agree on election law

Friday 06th November, 04:40 AM JST BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers failed Thursday to agree on an election law for the country’s January vote, raising concerns the balloting may be delayed and in turn push back a U.S. troop...

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Deadly collision

Another disaster on the railways undermines official claims that the network is being overhauled, reports Reem Leila Rescue workers and villagers pull the dead bodies from the wreckage of the two collided trains Villagers who...

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Iraqi parliament delays vote on election law again - Summary

Baghdad - Rancorous debate over voting in the disputed Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday once again postponed a parliamentary vote on a new election law. Parliament convened on Thursday afternoon, but the most important item, a...

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Iraq in political chaos after bombings

An Iraqi weeps as he walks away from the bomb site. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images Twin attacks kill more than 140 at key government offices, shattering Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's re-election campaign built on record of...

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