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Iraq PM, ex-premier in tight race for parliament Baghdad (AFP) March 18, 2010 
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and rival Iyad Allawi were locked in a close election race, running neck-and-neck for seats in parliament with nearly 90 percent of ballots counted on Thursday.
Maliki's State of Law Alliance led secular ex-premier Allawi's Iraqiya list by just 40,000 votes nationwide, according to latest results based on 89 percent of ballots counted.
But Iraqiya was ... read moreIraq PM and main rival locked in tight election battle 
Baghdad (AFP) March 17, 2010Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi were locked in a tight election battle on Wednesday, with updated results showing their blocs neck-and-neck in the race for seats in Iraq's parliament. Just 40,000 votes separated Maliki's State of Law Alliance and Allawi's Iraqiya list nationwide, according to updated results based on 83 percent of ballots counted, as the incumbent's ... more
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Iraq PM and main rival projected to tie on seat count
Baghdad (AFP) March 17, 2010Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi were projected on Wednesday to win the same number of seats in Iraq's parliament in a dramatic tightening of the country's election race. Maliki's State of Law Alliance and Allawi's Iraqiya bloc were both on pace to garner 87 seats in Iraq's Council of Representatives, with less than 9,000 votes separating the two nationwide, accor ... more Iraq PM tightens grip on Baghdad: updated results 
Baghdad (AFP) March 15, 2010Iraqi Premier Nuri al-Maliki tightened his grip on key Baghdad province, updated election results showed on Monday, making it increasingly likely his bloc will form parliament's single largest grouping. His success in the capital, which accounts for more than twice as many seats as any other province, builds on his lead in seven provinces overall, and is a major boost for his bid to retain t ... more Iraq PM extends lead in vote count 
Baghdad (AFP) March 14, 2010Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was on track to claim several key Iraqi provinces on Sunday, bolstering his chances of keeping his job after an election crucial to ending years of bloody unrest. A day after emerging in pole position in Baghdad, Maliki's State of Law Alliance held strong leads in two of the three biggest provinces and was ahead in seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, although the figu ... more Partial Iraq election results due Thursday: commission 
Baghdad (AFP) March 10, 2010Partial results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Thursday, the country's electoral commission said on Wednesday. "The counting is taking place normally (and) there is no problem," said Hamdiya al-Husseini. "Partial results will be announced tomorrow." Asked when final results from the Sunday poll would be ready, Husseini said "we are working normally but we cannot s ... more |
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Pentagon insists US drawdown in Iraq on track
Washington (AFP) March 3, 2010The Pentagon insisted on Wednesday plans for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq were on track, despite a report that the US commander there wants to slow the pace of the drawdown. The Pentagon has faced questions about its withdrawal plans after a prominent defense blog last week reported that General Ray Odierno, the commander of US forces in Iraq, had told President Barack Obama h ... more Iraqi candidate locked in election limbo over Baath row 
Hilla, Iraq (AFP) March 2, 2010Sitting in his living room, Iskander Witwit opens a dossier with documents he says exonerate him of the charges against him: that he is a supporter of Saddam Hussein's banned Baath Party. With just days to go before Iraqis cast their ballots in the March 7 parliamentary poll, the 64-year-old deputy governor of Babil province is still not certain he will be allowed to run. He feels persec ... more Iraqi death toll rises markedly in February: government 
Baghdad (AFP) March 1, 2010The number of Iraqis killed in violence last month was nearly double the toll for January, authorities said Monday, just days before voters go to the polls in nationwide parliamentary elections. The figures compiled by the health, interior and defence ministries showed that 352 Iraqis - 211 civilians, 96 police and 45 soldiers - died as a result of attacks in February. The figure represent ... more Americans, Kurds, Arabs join forces on north Iraq frontline 
Rizgari, Iraq (AFP) Feb 28, 2010A US commander strides down a street in a Kurdish village in northern Iraq, heading a mixed squad of American troops, Iraqi security forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters. Every man who patrols alongside Captain Nick Loudon is at the forefront of a bold new combined security force that has emerged in northern Iraq after months of delicate political negotiations. Several distinctive camou ... more |
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