Powell Says UN Is Doing Enough for Iraq Elections
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Thursday that U.N. plans to help with the upcoming election in Iraq appeared to be on track, despite months of pressure for the world body to increase its staff.
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The UN secretary general says he is encouraged by the "orderly conduct" in historic elections in Aceh, Indonesia.
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WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday that the world body is doing its job in Iraq in preparation for the Jan 30 elections.
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The United States is doing  everything it can to put in place conditions that will allow  Iraqis to conduct elections due by Jan. 30, Secretary of State  Colin Powell said in an interview published on Tuesday.
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It is still "technically possible" for Iraq to hold elections in January as scheduled, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday, while acknowledging that the United Nations may not have enough staff on the scene to support preparations for the vote.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraq's interim government complained yesterday that the United Nations isn't doing enough to help prepare for January elections, saying the organization has sent fewer electoral workers than it did when tiny East Timor voted to secede from Indonesia.
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UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations is taking the first steps to expand its presence in Iraq outside Baghdad to the cities of Basra and Erbil but is planning to have only about 25 electoral specialists in the country ahead of the scheduled Jan. 30 elections, a UN spokesman said yesterday.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, urged the United Nations yesterday to do &quot;whatever it takes&quot; to make sure democratic elections come off as planned in January.
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The US military will move into insurgent-heavy &quot;no-go zones&quot; in Iraq to clear the way for legitimate elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell says.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell gestures during a press conference at the end of a two-day conference focusing on Iraq&#39;s stabilization at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2004.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan , fending off Republican demands for his resignation over alleged corruption, said Thursday he will expand UN support for Iraqi elections if need be.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on  Sunday said anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world had  increased and the insurgency in Iraq was worsening, but the  United States was taking action to improve security ahead of  elections.
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The U.S. isn t attempting to influence Ukraine, Georgia and other former Soviet republics and is supporting democracy in those countries, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said on Tuesday he has asked the United Nations to send troops to help secure elections promised in January and voiced concern over a manpower shortage in the Iraqi police.
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BAGHDAD -- The top US diplomat in Iraq said yesterday that security conditions would improve enough in the coming months to allow national elections to proceed in January as scheduled, and he suggested that the country's Sunni Muslim minority would likely abandon plans to boycott the voting once it became clear it would not be postponed.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday warned of more violence ahead of Iraq's Jan. 30 elections and said a stronger Iraqi force is needed to help bolster security.
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The top US diplomat in Iraq said Tuesday that security conditions here would improve enough in the coming months to allow national elections to proceed in January as scheduled