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WTOL 11 Toledo - Mon Nov 23, 10:31 am ET
Iraq's parliament failed Monday to produce an election law acceptable to minority Sunni Arabs, prompting U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say that nationwide ballotingscheduled for January "might slip" to a...
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Sun-Sentinel - Sun Nov 22, 12:34 pm ET
BAGHDAD (AP) — A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.
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antiMUSIC - Tue Nov 24, 4:36 am ET
On March 9th 2010, VICE Records will release Acrassicauda's debut EP Only The Dead See The End Of The War
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 3:54 pm ET
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran on Sunday to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a newspaper website reported.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 10:27 am ET
Iraq's parliament failed again on Sunday to break a stalemate over a key election law, raising fears that nationwide polls will have to be delayed beyond a constitutional deadline.
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INO News - Mon Nov 23, 12:41 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Iraq's parliament Monday has passed an amended version of the new election law, without considering a demand by vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi.
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NPR - Mon Nov 23, 1:17 am ET
One of the most popular programs on Iraqi TV these days is Hotline, a call-in show that allows viewers to take their problems directly to the highest government officials. It offers an unprecedented chance for ordinary Iraqis to confront their government.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 22, 3:36 pm ET
An Iraqi Turkmen leader was assassinated at his home in the northern city of Mosul on Sunday by gunmen who knocked at his door then shot him, police and Turkmen sources said.
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The Huffington Post - Mon Nov 23, 10:10 am ET
What's Your Reaction? Washington is sending tremendous amounts of military material into autocratic Middle Eastern nations and building-up bases in countries whose governments often prefer that no publicity be given to the growing American military "footprint."
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 1:26 pm ET
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday returned a new elections law to the Iraqi presidency without including amendments the vice president had requested when he vetoed a previous version. Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a Sunni Muslim, vetoed a previo...
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 11:41 am ET
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday approved an amended version of the country's elections law and sent it back to the Iraqi presidency for approval. The decision followed Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi's November 19 veto of the law because he wante...
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 23, 10:41 am ET
Baghdad - Iraqi lawmakers on Monday decided not to override Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi's veto of the country's elections law, al-Arabiya television reported. Instead, they sent an amended version of the law back to the Iraqi presidency for appro...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 6:16 am ET
Iraq's parliament is discussing ways to end a dispute over an election law after a vice president vetoed the bill, throwing national polls slated for January into question.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 10:24 am ET
Iraqi MPs will meet again on Sunday to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 10:06 am ET
Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday sought a compromise in a dispute over an election law that was vetoed by a vice president, throwing national polls slated for January into question.