Iraqi parliament passes key voting law
CNN - Sun Nov 8, 6:55 pm ETIraq's parliament on Sunday passed a long-awaited election law that the government said will allow national elections to take place in January.
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Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a long-awaited election law that the government said will allow national elections to take place in January.
BAGHDAD — After nearly a dozen delays and a final, rowdy session, Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a law setting national elections for January, averting for now a political crisis that threatened to unravel the country's slow progress toward stability.
Iraq's parliament on Sunday passed a long-delayed law in a crucial step to setting up nationwide elections, and the head of the electoral commission said he did not expect any major delays in the vote planned for January.
Iraq's parliament Sunday passed a long-delayed election law paving the way for a national vote in January after overcoming a potentially explosive row over the disputed city of Kirkuk, lawmakers said.
Iraq's parliament is voting on a much-delayed election law needed to carry out the nation-wide vote in January.
Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday night passed an election law, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the U.S. troop drawdown.
As the first steps of the Obama adminstration's plan to pull U.S. combat forces out of the country next year rolls on, it's all about American troops keeping a low profile, including the Oregon Army National Guard soldiers deployed in Iraq until Spring.
Iraq's parliament passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday, making the way for a national election in January.
Iraq's Parliament Passed A Long-Awaited Election Law Sunday, Which The Government Said Will Allow National Elections To Take Place In January.
Iraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed election law required for national elections to be held in January. The law won approval Sunday from 141 of the almost 200 Iraq lawmakers present after a tense, day-long debate.
Washington -- President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future.
(RTTNews) - Iraq's lawmakers approved a crucial election law late Sunday, required for national elections to take place in January. Lawmakers agreed on a key dispute about how the vote will be conducted in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, claimed by Sunni Arabs, Turkmen and Kurds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WKTV) - President Barack Obama spoke from the Rose Garden Sunday afternoon to speak on two topics including Healthcare Reform and a law passed in Iraq.
Iraqi parliament members adjourned on Saturday without reaching an accord on a controversial new elections law, and the lawmakers could make another try to forge and pass legislation tomorrow.
Iraq's parliament passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday, making the way for a national election in January. Lawmakers overcame disagreements over the disputed city of Kirkuk to pass the measure, a lawmaker told Reuters.
Despite the riches trapped below the oil fields of Basra, the city of three million is plagued by poverty, unemployment, and poor sanitation.