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The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year. There are only a couple of days left for parliament to address...
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In its largest reconstruction effort since the Marshall Plan , the United States government has spent $53 billion for relief and reconstruction in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, building tens of thousands of hospitals, water treatment plants, electricity...
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Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents. U.S. officials said they...
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Iraq's parliament wrangled for weeks over crucial laws that must be in place for the election to proceed on time. But now the country's vice-president, Tareq al-Hashemi, has vetoed part of the law that decides how many refugees who have fled Iraq are...
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In the letter, which he claimed was personal, he said that he thought it was too late for the election law yet to be enacted and promulgated. “Since my party has not yet become a legal party, I sent the letter on a personal capacity, making a request...
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It's unclear if certain longstanding disagreements are over or not, but they have been suspended under US and Iran pressure. Otherwise the Iraqi Parliament wouldn't have passed a new election law following long debate...My colleagues in Baghdad told striking...
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Disputes over so-called compensatory seats in the Iraqi Parliament threaten to derail an election law now before the three-member presidency council. The international community praised the passage in the Iraqi Parliament of an amendment to the 2005 election...
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Iraq's bickering politicians finally agreed today on a new election law, paving the way for crucial national elections to take place in January and for the drawdown of U.S. troops to proceed as scheduled. The head of Iraq's election commission, Faraj...
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The UN had warned that it could not guarantee to endorse the election if the bill had not been approved. There have been fears that delaying the election could undo recent progress towards greater stability. The poll is seen as crucial to democracy in...
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