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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Iraqi parliament passes crucial election law
McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 3:43 pm ETBAGHDAD — 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.
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Iraqi parliament passes key election law
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 1:53 pm ETIraq'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.
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Iraqi lawmakers pass election law
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 1:45 pm ETIraq'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.
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Iraqi parliament begins voting on key election law
AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 11:16 am ETIraq's parliament is voting on a much-delayed election law needed to carry out the nation-wide vote in January.
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Iraqi lawmakers pass election law, paving way for January vote
Washington Post - Sun Nov 8, 4:22 pm ETIraqi 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.
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Oregon Guard soldiers now part of handing over Iraq to Iraqi control
The Oregonian - Sat Nov 7, 3:10 pm ETAs 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.
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Iraqi Parliament Approves Crucial Election Law
Fox News - Sun Nov 8, 12:58 pm ETIraq's parliament passed a long-delayed election law on Sunday, making the way for a national election in January.
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CNN - Iraqi Parliament Passes Key Voting Law
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta - Sun Nov 8, 3:29 pm ETIraq's Parliament Passed A Long-Awaited Election Law Sunday, Which The Government Said Will Allow National Elections To Take Place In January.
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Iraqi Parliament Approves Long-Delayed 2010 Election Law
Voice of America - Sun Nov 8, 1:31 pm ETIraq'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.
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Obama calls new Iraqi election law a milestone
Detroit News - Sun Nov 8, 2:24 pm ETWashington -- 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.
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Iraqi Parliament Approves Election Law
INO News - Sun Nov 8, 2:25 pm ET(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.
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President Obama speaks on healthcare reform passage and Iraqi agreement
WKTV Utica - Sun Nov 8, 3:59 pm ETWASHINGTON, 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.
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Iraqi parliament fails to reach deal on election law
CNN - Sat Nov 7, 2:24 pm ETIraqi 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.
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Iraqi Parliament Approves Election Law, Paves Way for January Vote
FOX 61 Chattanooga - Sun Nov 8, 1:00 pm ETIraq'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.
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Marooned on Sea of Iraqi Oil, but Unable to Tap Its Wealth
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