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Major Iraq Kurdish Parties Poll Ahead In Early Results
A list representing Iraq's two largest Kurdish parties is far ahead of a reform-minded challenger in a northern Iraqi province, according to early...


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Allawi's Bloc Claims Major Fraud In Iraq Elections
A secularist list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday alleged major fraud in Iraq's national election this week. Members of Allawi's Iraqiya list called a news conference...
Police: U.s. Troops Shoot Iraqi Reporter And Husband
(IDM) BAGHDAD (AP) — A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband.The official says the incident took place late...
Police: Us Troops Shoot Iraqi Reporter And Husband
BAGHDAD — A police official says U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband. The official says the incident took place late Wednesday...
Early Iraq Results: Pm Battling Secular Challenger
An electoral worker sorts through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary...
Partial Vote Results Released In Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) - Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister, who had the lead in two provinces in the mainly Shiite...
The Messy Aftermath Of Iraq's Elections | Ranj Alaaldin
Who can build a coalition? An electoral worker in Baghdad counts ballot papers from the recent Iraqi elections. Photograph: Muhannad Fala'ah/Getty Images "No red lines" is the official line from...
Partial Results From Iraqi Vote Show Tight Contest
(AP Photo/Karim Kadim)An electoral worker sorts through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this...
Al-maliki, Allawi Ahead In Early Iraqi Elections Results - Summary
Baghdad - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition and former prime minister Ayad Allawi's Iraqi List led early returns from two provinces each in Iraq's parliamentary elections,...
Early Iraq Election Results Indicate Win For Prime Minister Maliki
Iraq election: Iraqi electoral officials count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission headquarters in Baghdad on March 11, following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led...
Al-maliki Coalition Leads In Early Iraqi Polls
A coalition of parties led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki held an early lead in two provinces as results started rolling in from the country's national election. The Independent High...
Iraqi Pm Undergoes Surgery, Out Of Hospital
BAGHDAD—Preliminary election results released by Iraq's electoral commission show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is winning in two Shiite provinces in southern Iraq. The results were the first...
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initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thursday. Four days after the election, Maliki and Allawi have emerged nationally as the main candidates for the post of...
[03/11] Partial Results From Iraqi Vote Show Tight Contest
BAGHDAD (AP) - Partial preliminary results from four of 18 provinces in Iraq show the prime minister's bloc and a secular challenger winning two provinces each. Iraq's Independent High Electoral...
Maliki, Allawi Ahead In Iraq Count
Nouri al-Maliki, the incumbent prime minister, and Iyad Allawi, a former prime minister, are leading in Iraq's general election, initial results have shown. Thursday's results put al-Maliki's...
Early Results Show Iraqi Pm's Coalition Leading In Elections
del.icio.us Iraqi officials say early preliminary results give Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition a lead in Sunday's parliamentary elections.Election officials released their...
Secularist List Ahead In Two Iraqi Provinces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A cross-sectarian, secularist alliance headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is ahead in two Iraqi provinces north of Baghdad, early results from the country's electoral...
Breast Cancer Incidence Among Iraqi Women Profiled
Posted on: Thursday, 11 March 2010, 09:00 CST DEAD SEA, Jordan — Breast cancer continues to rise in Iraq, and scientists have established the Iraqi National Cancer Research Program to better...
Early Results: Iraqi Pm Winning In 2 Provinces
Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line religious...
Iraq's Election: The Wrangling Has Only Just Begun
The purposeful purple patch DOZENS of explosions woke up voters in Baghdad on March 7th, heralding the day of the general election. Every few minutes another thunderous bang reminded them to stay at...
Al-maliki Leads Early Iraqi Election Returns - Update
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition led early returns from two southern, predominantly Shiite Muslim provinces, Iraq's electoral commission announced Thursday. The...
Iraqi Prime Minister 'back At Work' After Surgery - Summary
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was back at work on Thursday after undergoing surgery, a statement from his office said. The prime minister had undergone "successful" surgery at Medical...
Gates Discusses Iraq, Afghanistan With Deployed Troops
By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service A U.S. MILITARY BASE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA, March 11, 2010 – Servicemembers quizzed Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about Afghanistan, the elections...
Iraq War Memorial Wall Re-dedicated In Uk
The Basra Memorial Wall marks the 178 UK service personnel and one MoD civilian who lost their lives in the six years of conflict following the invasion. It was originally built in 2006 outside the...
Maliki Leads Early Iraqi Election Results
Nouri al-Maliki at an election rally. Early results showed the prime minister's coalition ahead in two southern Shia provinces. Photograph: Mohammed Ameen/Reuters Early results...
Iraq Pm Undergoes Surgery
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has undergone surgery but is in good health, his office said on Thursday without specifying what the procedure was for. Maliki, who was operated on Wednesday,...
Iraqi Pm Grabs Early Election Lead
Iraqi Parities Both Claim Lead in Election (AP) Preliminary election results released by Iraq's electoral commission show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is winning in two Shiite provinces in southern...
Early Results: Iraq Pm Winning In 2 Provinces
BAGHDAD - Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line...
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was in third place. Maliki's State of Law Alliance held a lead of around 7,000 votes in Najaf and of 14,000 in Babil, the figures showed. Complete results are expected to be announced on...
[03/11] Early Results: Iraqi Pm Winning In 2 Provinces
BAGHDAD (AP) - Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line...
Al-maliki Bloc Ahead In Iraq Count
Preliminary results from Iraq's national election have given the coalition led by Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, a head start in the country's largely Shia south.Thursday's results put...
Iraq Pm Maliki Leads Vote In Two Provinces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's national election began to trickle in on Thursday, showing Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead in the country's largely...
Early Election Results: Iraqi Pm Winning In 2 Provinces
March 11, 2010 Early results from Iraq's key election began coming in Thursday, showing a coalition led by the prime minister ahead in two southern Shiite provinces where he was opposed by hard-line...
Pm Nouri Al-maliki With Lead Early Lead In S. Iraq
BAGHDAD — Preliminary election results released by Iraq's electoral commission show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is winning in two Shiite provinces in southern...
Report: Iraqi Prime Minister 'back At Work' After Surgery
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was back at work on Thursday after undergoing surgery, Iraqi state television reported. The prime minister had undergone "successful" surgery at Medical...
Official: 122 Iraqi Christian Families Return To Mosul
Mosul - Some 122 Christian families have returned to the troubled northern Iraqi city of Mosul since the March 7 parliamentary elections, a local official said Thursday. Representatives of the city's...
Analysis - Opec May Face Iraq Challenge Sooner Than Expected
A refinery of the Libyan/Swiss-owned Tamoil company is pictured in Collombe... /LONDON (Reuters) - The storm brewing on OPEC's horizon over future Iraqi oil output could engulf the producer group...
Maliki Takes Early Iraq Poll Lead
Preliminary results from Iraq's election show the grouping of PM Nouri Maliki is leading in two southern provinces, the electoral body says.The partial results from Najaf and Babil, in the Shia...
Pm Maliki Leads Iraq Vote In Two Provinces
But full initial results from across Iraq's 18 provinces, including areas where support is expected to be strong for Maliki's rivals, were still unknown four days after a national election Iraqis...