Iraq

Maliki leads key Baghdad vote count (AFP)

March 13, 2010

AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday comfortably emerged as the top vote getter in Baghdad, which has the most seats in parliament of any constituency, early results showed.
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Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count (AP)

AP - A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was winning in the all-important capital and a Shiite province in the south, according to a partial tally of election results released Saturday.
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Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, the big election prize (Reuters)

Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a wide lead on Saturday in early results from Baghdad, the major prize in parliamentary elections Iraqis hope will stabilize a nation riven by years of sectarian warfare.
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Shiite group leads in southern Iraq province vote (AP)

AP - An Iraqi Shiite religious alliance with ties to Iran is leading in one southern province according to the latest vote tallies released.
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Iraq PM locked in tight poll contest with secular rival (AFP)

AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest with rival Iyad Allawi to keep his job, as results from Iraq's elections were set to flow in on Friday.
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Iraq: bomb-detecting wands to be kept in service (AP)

AP - Iraq's government spokesman says Baghdad will not pull a scandal-ridden bomb detection device from service, saying an investigation has determined the wand-like instruments work.
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U.S. hopeful of breakthrough in Iraq vote deadlock (Reuters)

Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraq's leaders in a series of telephone calls on Saturday to break a deadlock that has stalled preparations for an election seen as critical for U.S. troops to withdraw, U.S. officials said.
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US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom (AP)

AP - Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti-drug law being considered as the Justice Department readies indictments, people close t
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US troops kill No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq (AP)

AP - American troops acting on a tip killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq — a Moroccan known for his ability to recruit and motivate foreign fighters — in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
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