Iraqi PM: no election alliance with Shiite rivals
AP - 1 hour 58 minutes agoIraq's prime minister on Tuesday denied reports he will form an alliance with the nation's leading Shiite parties ahead of national polls in January.
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Iraqi Elections Put Off By Five Days, To Be Held On January 21
INO News - Mon Nov 9, 11:41 am ET(RTTNews) - Iraq's Electoral Commission has announced that the country's parliamentary elections will take place on January 21, five days later than scheduled.
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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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Shiite politician gunned down outside northern Iraqi home
EARTHtimes.org - Sun Nov 8, 10:34 pm ETKirkuk, Iraq - Gunmen fatally shot a confidant of firebrand Shiite cleric and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr outside the man's house in northern Iraq. The representative in Kirkuk of al-Sadr's political movement was gunned down by unknown perpetrat...
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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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Guardsman finds Iraqi medicine lacking
Salina Journal - Mon Nov 9, 7:24 am ET11/9/2009 By GORDON D. FIEDLER JR. Salina Journal Those who are dissatisfied with the quality of America's health care should have shadowed Allan White during his yearlong tour in Iraq with the Kansas National Guard.
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Iraqi Official Proposes January 21 Election Date
Voice of America - Mon Nov 9, 9:46 am ETAn Iraqi election official has proposed that the nation's parliamentary poll be held on January 21, five days later than previously scheduled. Parliament cleared the way for the vote by passing an election law that is required for national elections to be held in January.
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Iraqi parliament passes key election law
MSNBC - Sun Nov 8, 1:23 pm ETIraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed electoral law, paving the way for nationwide elections.
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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 lawmakers approve crucial election law
WashingtonTV - Mon Nov 9, 11:37 am ETWashington, 9 November (WashingtonTV)—After weeks of deadlock, the Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved a crucial election law ahead of a national election 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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Thanksgiving comes early for Iraqi refugees in Knoxville
WBIR-TV Knoxville - Sun Nov 8, 11:59 pm ETA group of East Tennessee families helped several Iraqi refugees in Knoxville get an early start to an American holiday.
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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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