Iraq commission examines request to delay polls
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown.
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Arab delegations to an international conference on Iraq said on Monday it might turn out better to delay Iraqi elections beyond January to ensure full participation.
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Iraqi interim government officials and the country&#39;s election commission have all but ruled out demands by Sunni Arab parties to postpone parliamentary elections scheduled for January
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Iraq&#39;s elections were thrown into renewed doubt only days after the interim government won international backing for its decision to hold the poll at the end of January.
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U.N. and U.S. officials that Iraq's interim government may try to eliminate candidates through pressure on the electoral commission.
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Influential Sunni Muslim groups and Iraq&#39;s two main Kurdish movements yesterday requested a delay in nationwide legislative elections set for Jan. 30, saying they feared
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Iraq may modify plans for its first free election to give people more time to vote next month, officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Iraqi Electoral Commission announced Sunday that it set the date of Jan. 30 as the date of the national election, which had previously been tentatively set for Jan. 27, said reports reaching here from Beirut, Lebanon.
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Iraqi elections sheduled to take place by January 31 may be postponed due to continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s landmark January polls looked set to take place as planned, although ongoing violence did nothing to alleviate the security concerns of the proponents of a delay.
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Iraq&#39;s election body rejected a suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi&#39;ites
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Iraq may modify plans for its first  free election to give people more time to vote next month,  officials said on Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Several political groups in Iraq are calling for the postponement of national elections, scheduled for January 30. The parties, mostly Sunni Muslim, Kurdish and secular groups, cited security
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission says it will consider a call by top political parties to delay January elections because of violence gripping the country.
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(CBS/AP) Iraq&#39;s Interior Ministry on Wednesday threw its weight behind a reported suggestion by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to hold next month&#39;s national elections over several days, rather than just one.
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A spokesman for Iraq&#39;s election commission yesterday rejected a suggestion from the Bush administration that it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote
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Iraq has chosen January 30 for its first democratic election in decades but violence in Sunni Muslim areas is underlining the challenge of holding polls on time.