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Chance to grab mustasimis quran manuscript - From www.khaleejtimes.com - 4 hrs 25 mts ago ABU DHABI - A few years before his death, Abbasid calligrapher Yakout Al Mustasimi wrote his last copy of Holy Quran. It was Islamic year 690 (1291 AD). Soon after, the holy manuscript travelled from Baghdad to Egypt, where it was placed and remained in a box.

Iraq pm takes slender lead over rivals, early results - From www.khaleejtimes.com - 4 hrs 25 mts ago BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the countrys general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.

Iraqs election race tight as results delayed again - From www.khaleejtimes.com - 4 hrs 25 mts ago BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a modest lead over rival Shiites, partial results from Iraqs tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead among Iraqi Sunnis.

Iraq opposition alleges flagrant election fraud - From article.wn.com - 1 day 1 hrs 43 mts ago BAGHDAD (AFP) – A senior member of Iraqs main secular opposition bloc on Friday protested of blatant fraud in favour of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during Iraqs general election last weekend. The national election commission, meanwhile, said the claims of fraud were either...

Iraq pm locked in tight poll contest with secular rival - From article.wn.com - 1 day 4 hrs 32 mts ago BAGHDAD (AFP) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraqs elections were set to flow in on Friday. Five days after the election, Maliki and Allawi, both Shiite, have emerged nationally as the main candidates for the post of prime minister, with initial results from four of Iraqs 18 provinces putting their two blocs in the lead. Preliminary figures released on Thursday for Najaf, Babil, Diyala and Salaheddin put Malikis State of Law Alliance ahead in the first two provinces, while ex-premier Allawis Iraqiya bloc was in front in the latter pair. Early results from other provinces,...

Iraq pm in tight contest with ex - From www.khaleejtimes.com - 1 day 6 hrs 16 mts ago BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the countrys 18 provinces showed Thursday.

Iraq vote: baghdad views - From news.bbc.co.uk - 1 day 6 hrs 17 mts ago The BBC went to meet three Baghdad residents to find out how their lives have changed - and how they think the election will impact on their communities.

Lessons from iraqs first - From article.wn.com - 3 day 3 hrs 20 mts ago By Hugh Sykes BBC News, Baghdad In 2006 and 2007, Osama Salim didnt miss a single days school at Baghdad College for boys. That was quite an achievement. Baghdad College is in Adhamiya, a largely Sunni Muslim district of Baghdad which for months was occupied and menaced by al Qaeda in Iraq. Theyve gone now but the memory of those days is still vivid. IRAQI GENERAL ELECTION Voting to elect 325-member parliament. About 19 million eligible voters out of 28 million Around 6,200 candidates from 86 factions competing 200,000 security personnel on duty in Baghdad Key issues: Security, services and disqualification of alleged Baathists Previous votes: Jan 2005 (transitional national assembly),...

Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ballot counting continues - From article.wn.com - 3 day 10 hrs 8 mts ago By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Powered by Rory Mulholland Agence France Presse BAGHDAD: Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from polls touted as a test of its young democracy, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister’s list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position. The electoral commission had promised to provide initial results by the evening, but it later said it had not yet counted the 30 percent of the votes it needed to announce the preliminary findings. Iraq’s complex range of political blocs would now have to wait until Wednesday at the earliest for the first...

Turnout for iraq election solid at 62 percent - From article.wn.com - 4 day 2 hrs 9 mts ago BAGHDAD - Turnout in Iraqs parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last years provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt the vote with attacks that killed 39, officials said on Monday. Preliminary results were not expected for another day or two in a poll that Iraqis sickened by violence hope will help bring better governance and stability after years of sectarian slaughter, and as US troops prepare to withdraw. Prime Minister Nuri Al Malikis State of Law bloc likely did well in the Shia south while a secular, Sunni-Shia alliance led by former premier Iyad Allawi appeared strong in Sunni areas in the north and west, informal tallies...

Oscar night in baghdad - From news.google.com - 4 day 2 hrs 12 mts ago border=1

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Us military: 2 soldiers die in iraq in accident - From article.wn.com - 4 day 6 hrs 13 mts ago BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says two American soldiers have died in a vehicle accident...

Iraq after the elections: slogging towards stability - From news.google.com - 4 day 7 hrs 44 mts ago Iraq after the elections: Slogging towards stabilityThe GuardianWestern-backed Arab states from Egypt to Saudi Arabia decry Iranian influence in Baghdad and the region but have no democratic credentials of their own. ...and more »

Early estimates see maliki coalition leading iraq elections - From article.wn.com - 4 day 10 hrs 37 mts ago Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - Powered by Ben Hubbard Associated Press BAGHDAD: Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties on Monday predicted a coalition led by Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election, though official results were not expected for a few days. Europe and the United States praised the courage of Iraqi voters for casting their ballots despite a wave of violence, saying the country was now moving forward to a democratic future. Stepping out onto the White House lawn to make a special statement on the Iraqi elections, US President Barack Obama hailed the “strong turnout” and said the day would go down as “an important...

Iraqi parties both claim to be ahead in election - From article.wn.com - 4 day 10 hrs 37 mts ago Iraqi Prime Ministers Coalition, Secular Rival Both Claim To Be Ahead In Historic Vote Count Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) (AP) (AP) (AP) (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi prime ministers coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer. Sundays election, which took place against a backdrop of violence in Baghdad, marked a turning point for the countrys nascent democracy. The winner will help determine whether Iraq can resolve its sectarian divisions and preserve the...

Coalition led by maliki ahead in poll - From article.wn.com - 4 day 10 hrs 37 mts ago Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties yesterday predicted a coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election, though official results are not expected for a few days. A win by Mr Maliki could signal Iraqis rejection of the religious parties that have dominated the country since 2003. Sundays election, which took place against a backdrop of violence in Baghdad, marked a turning point for the countrys nascent democracy. The winner will help determine whether Iraq can resolve its sectarian divisions and preserve the nations fragile security as US troops leave. Initial results for some provinces, as well as for Baghdad - an area...

Election security an all - From www.khaleejtimes.com - 5 day 6 hrs 41 mts ago BAGHDAD - A top US military officer insisted on Saturday that a massive security operation for the next days general election was an all-Iraq show requiring little American manpower.

Defiant iraqis prepared to face gods wrath - From article.wn.com - 5 day 6 hrs 43 mts ago Election day started with the thunder of mortar fire just before 7am. For two hours, a new explosion could be heard across the city every few minutes. Adnan Ali was about to get out of bed and vote when his second-storey flat split in half and his bedroom fell to the ground. A large bomb had gone off in his residential apartment building in Baghdad. Everything shook and then our rooms separated and crumbled, the pensioner said standing beside the ruins. Im not voting now. Such a reaction was exactly what the bombers wanted. Yesterdays co-ordinated attacks were part of a terror network that set out to intimidate Baghdad and other parts of Iraq and prevent the establishment of full...

New wave of fear sweeps baghdad as iraqis vote - From article.wn.com - 5 day 6 hrs 43 mts ago In the face of bomb and mortar attacks that killed 38 people and wounded 89 others, Iraqis went to the polls yesterday to elect a new parliament. In a sinister new twist to insurgent methods in attacking civilians, explosives were placed in rooms rented by bombers in two apartment blocks in Baghdad and later detonated, destroying them both. This tactic, employed against the majority Shia community, could spark off a new wave of fear in the capital despite heavy police and army security, and checkpoints every few hundred yards. In one residential building in the Shaab district of Baghdad some 25 people were killed by a bomb. Counting was already underway last night, but it is unlikely that...

G.i.s, new to iraq, hear the election explosions - From article.wn.com - 5 day 6 hrs 43 mts ago BAGHDAD — “You’re hearing a lot of booms out there,” Lt. Ryan P. Alexander told his soldiers, briefing them ahead of their platoon’s anticipated operation as mortar fire and explosions rained on Baghdad early on Sunday while Iraqis began voting in the parliamentary elections. Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era. Go to the Blog » Multimedia Photographs Iraqis Vote in Spite of Attacks Related Turnout Heavy in Iraq Election as Voters Defy Deadly Attacks (March 8, 2010) He recited the attacks in their area: two bombs, including one at a culinary school; a mortar attack on a building; an attack on a hospital; and...

Iraqi voters undaunted by attacks that kill 36 - From article.wn.com - 5 day 6 hrs 43 mts ago Iraqi Voters Undaunted By Bombs, Grenades And Mortar Attacks That Kill 36 On Election Day Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) (AP) (AP) (AP) (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqis defied insurgents who lobbed hand grenades at voters and bombed a polling station Sunday in an attempt to intimidate those taking part in elections that will determine whether their country can overcome deep sectarian divides as U.S. forces prepare to leave. The conclusion of the vote, however, did not spell an immediate end to political uncertainty. It could be days until results come in and with the fractured nature of Iraqi politics, it could take months to form a government. Sunnis and Shiites...

Explosions kill at least 24 as iraqis go to polls - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 17 mts ago Explosions killed at least 24 people as Iraqis voted today in an election that Sunni Islamist militants have vowed to disrupt, in one of many challenges to efforts to stabilise Iraq before US troops leave. Scores of mortar rounds, rockets and roadside bombs exploded near polling stations in Baghdad, and some elsewhere, in a coordinated campaign to wreck the voting for Iraqs second full-term parliament since the 2003 US-led invasion. Iraqs political course will be decisive for President Barack Obamas plans to halve US troop levels over the next five months and withdraw entirely by end-2011. It will also be watched by oil companies planning to invest billions in Iraq. In the deadliest...

Blasts kill 24, injure 60 as iraq votes: ministry - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 17 mts ago BAGHDAD - Blasts killed at least 24...

Iraq election: polls open - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) – Polls opened...

Polls open in iraqs parliamentary election - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago BAGHDAD – Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgent attacks, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday in an election testing the ability of the countrys still-fragile democracy to move forward amid uncertainty over a looming U.S. troop drawdown and still jagged sectarian divisions. Almost 20 million voters are eligible to turn out for the election, only the second vote for a...

Iraqi voters head to polls for historic ballot - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago Iraqis Head To Polls For Historic Ballot Determining Who Will Lead Country As US Goes Home Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) (AP) (AP) (AP) (AP) Previous slide Next slide (AP) BAGHDAD (AP) - Under a blanket of tight security designed to thwart insurgent attacks, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday in an election testing the ability of the countrys still-fragile democracy to move forward amid uncertainty over a...

Mortar rounds rock baghdad as polls open - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago Mortar rounds were fired at voting centres and at least four people were killed and eight wounded when an explosion destroyed a residential building in Baghdad as Iraq began a parliamentary election earlier today. There were also unconfirmed reports of mortar rounds landing in Baghdads heavily-fortified Green Zone neighbourhood, where foreign diplomats and several government ministries are based, as voting across the ethnically and religiously...

Iraqs parliamentary election: updates - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago Iraqis on Sunday started voting in their war-shattered nations second parliamentary election since the US-led overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein, as mortar rounds and bombs rocked Baghdad. ********************** 9:05 a.m. Officials say 12 people were killed and eight wounded in a Baghdad bomb attack ********************** 8:31 a.m. Speaking to reporters in the Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah, 270 kilometres (170 miles)...

The iraqi bridge to stability - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago By Gabriel Gatehouse BBC News, Baghdad As Iraq goes to the polls, Gabriel Gatehouse looks at the fragile relationship between Sunni and Shia communities which holds the key to stability in Iraq. Last time Iraq held parliamentary elections, in 2005, the poll was largely boycotted by Sunni Arab voters, a fact which contributed to years of vicious sectarian fighting. Iraq is still plagued by almost daily violence but security has improved and resentment between Sunni and Shia communities has also eased. Ill vote for whoever will provide security first and foremost. Then jobs and public services Khalid, Shopkeeper...

Election eve blast targets pilgrims in iraq’s holy city - From article.wn.com - 6 day 4 hrs 20 mts ago BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded near a bus for pilgrims in the Shiite holy city of Najaf yesterday, killing at least three people on the eve of key national elections, officials said. A group of ian and Iraqi pilgrims were waiting to board a bus after visiting a famous shrine when the...

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