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2 hrs ago | KOAT.com

Iraq Election Commission Proposes Vote On Jan. 21

Iraq's electoral commission on Monday submitted a proposal to hold national elections on Jan.

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7 hrs ago | Guardian Unlimited

Solving Iraq's thorniest electoral impasse

Parliament will supervise ethnic carve-up of power in oil-rich enclave to bring it into national elections A demonstration in Kirkuk in 2006 where Turkomans insisted on an ethnically mixed city.

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Sun Nov 08, 2009

Scotsman.com News

Iraq's Kirkuk row defused

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WWUP-TV Cadillac

Iraqi parliament passes key election law

Iraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed electoral law, paving the way for nationwide elections.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Azzaman Online

New dam for Iraq's oil-rich Kirkuk

The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is going to have a new dam with a storage capacity of 39 million cubic meters of water.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Weekday Magazine - Azerbaijan

Iraq Election Body Seeks Vote Delay Due To Law Row

Iraq's electoral authorities have called for polls due next January to be delayed after parliament failed once more to agree on how to hold the vote.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Clover Herald

Standoff over Iraq's election law goes on, threatening January's vote

Iraqi lawmakers blew another deadline Thursday as they continued haggling over an election law that's crucial to the country's political stability and to the Obama administration's plans for a speedy withdrawal of U.S. troops.

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The Coastal Courier

3rd ID assumes responsibility in Iraq region

During a ceremony held at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Iraq, on Nov 3, Maj.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

News9 Oklahoma City

Iraqi election head warns parliament of vote delay

Iraqi lawmakers have only a day left to agree on a new bill that would enable the country to hold key parliament elections in January, according to remarks Wednesday by the country's election commission chairman.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Earth Times

Bomb shakes Kirkuk as Iraqi parliament debates elections - Update

A bomb exploded near a mosque in Kirkuk on Thursday morning, as Iraqi lawmakers made a last-ditch effort to reach a compromise on voting in the disputed city.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Robins Rev-up

Kirkuk ceremony marks transfer of navigational aids to Iraqi air force

Runway approach lights, along with a digital airport surveillance radar system, various navigational aids and other equipment, were part of the suite of equipment officially turned over to the Iraqi air force in a ceremony Oct.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Daily Star

Iraq election body says polls at risk without vote details

BAGHDAD: Iraq's electoral body warned Sunday that polls set for January will have to be delayed if procedures are not ironed out in the next two days, as a parliamentary vote on an election law was postponed once more.

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Buffalo News

Kirkuk at the heart of Iraq election law deadlock

By REBECCA SANTANA November 01, 2009, 1:31 PM / Iraqi politicians are dueling with new hostility over the fate of Kirkuk, the oil-rich city that both self-ruled Kurds in the north and Iraq's central government want to control.

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Athens Banner-Herald

Police: Bicycle bomb kills 5 in southern Iraq

A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people in southern Iraq on Sunday, and at least five others were killed in violence across the country, police said.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Jordan Times

Iraq MPs fail to reach quorum for election law vote

Iraqi lawmakers again put off a vote on a key electoral bill on Thursday after failing to reach a quorum when a compromise version was presented, raising the prospect of January polls being delayed.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Clover Herald

Correction: Iraq election law story

In an Oct. 28 story about Iraq's election law, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Kurdish President Massoud Barzani said the Kurds demand the annexation of the northern Kirkuk region and would not accept any other solution.

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The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Iraq arrests police officers, soldiers

Iraq announced Thursday the arrests of dozens of police officers and army soldiers responsible for security in the neighborhood where suicide attacks killed 155 people and wounded more than 500 this week.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Pentagon says US troops may stay longer in Iraq than planned if elections are put off

U.S. troops could leave Iraq later than currently planned if the fragile nation's elections are delayed, the Defence Department said Thursday.

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Buffalo News

Kurds snub parliament vote on Iraqi election law

An Iraqi Kurdish lawmaker says his fellow Kurdish legislators are boycotting a parliament session on a crucial election law needed for the upcoming January balloting.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Juneau Empire

GI Bill looking like an IOU

In the military, I learned to expect screw-ups, especially when it came to money.

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