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Iraqi election officials examine a ballot after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009.
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Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ballot counting continues
| 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 y... (photo: AP / Ahmed al-Husseini))
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President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)
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What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's closest ally in the Middle East. | ... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Khaleej Times
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag To Bash Them Is to Help Them
| PARIS - On her recent visit to the Gulf, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton openly stated a fact that is finally becoming clear to outsiders: Iran is moving toward military dictatorship. | However, ... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) The New York Times
Iran   Photos   Politics   Sanctions   US  
Electoral workers sit in front of piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
| By Ali Kareem and Hemin H Lihony | BAGHDAD and SULAIMANIYAH - The post-election political deadlock following Iraq's parliamentary elections on Sunday could lead to security problems and deepen secta... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Asia Times
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US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to Anvil Troop, 1st Squadron, 4th Calvary Regiment, and Iraqi National Guards (ING) Soldiers provide security during a dismounted patrol throughout the village of Ad Duluiyah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. 		 		Iraq troop pullout on schedule: US General
ACCORDING TO General Ray Odierno, United States general for Iraq, most of the troops currently in Iraq will begin to withdraw as scheduled from early September in a phase... (photo: US DoD) Merinews
Iraq   Military   Photos   Troops   US  
A resident of Ramadi smiles while looking at his dyed purple finger, the hallmark of a successful voter in Iraq, during national parliamentary elections March 7, 2010. The man is walking with six women and another man, all of whom voted. Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent
BAGHDAD - Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last year's provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt ... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod) Khaleej Times
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Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad PM Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote
Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, a Shia who helped ease sectarian strife, has emerged as the front-runner in Iraq's parliamentary election but could yet face a tough battle... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) Khaleej Times
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Iraqi Kurds voted on Saturday in elections expected to keep Kurdistan President Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent
Baghdad: Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last year's provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt t... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) Zeenews
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Barack Obama Obama, Hillary congratulate Iraq
| Narayan Lakshman | Washington DC: U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday sent their congratulations to the people of Iraq on holdi... (photo: Creative Commons / NathanF) The Hindu
Election   Iraq   Photos   Politics   US  
 Coalition Forces find a large cache of commonly used improvised explosive devices material including several large barrels of ammonium nitrate and bags of fertilizer in a building during an operation in Salman Pak, Feb. 15, 2007. Couresty photo by Multi- Ammonium nitrate is also a chemical used in explosives: High Court
| Staff Reporter | BANGALORE: Seeking to put at rest debates on whether ammonium nitrate should be classified only as a fertilizer, the Karnataka High court on Monday hel... (photo: Multi-National Force-Iraq) The Hindu
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File - Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad Coalition led by Maliki ahead in poll
| 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, t... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) The Independent
Election   Iraq   Mideast   Peace   Photos  
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Little Brother of the Year Anthony Saldana of Austin, Texas, as first lady Michelle Obama, left, and others, look on during an event honoring National Mentoring Month, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Barack Obama: Iraq must be free to choose its own leaders and chart its own course
| The people of Iraq have gone to the polls to choose their leaders in Iraq's second national election. By any measure, this was an important milestone in Iraqi history. ... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) The Independent
Iraq   Leader   Obama   People   Photos  
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown leaves his official residence, No. 10 Downing Street in London, to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, Wednesday July 11, 2007. Innocent in Iraq, insists Gordon Brown
| Commentary by | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | Some years ago, while idly browsing in a bookshop, I came across the autobiography of American actress Shirley ... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) Daily Star Lebanon
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a dinner reception in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Maliki leads in Iraqi poll count
| By Sami Moubayed | DAMASCUS - Early indications from Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq favor Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his State of Law Coalition, althou... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban) Asia Times
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382
US Military Deaths In Iraq War At 4,382
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,382
File - Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad
Coalition led by Maliki ahead in poll
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PM Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote
PM Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote
Britain's FM hails Iraq war
Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote
Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad
PM Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote
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Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq e
Iraqi election officials examine a ballot after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009.
Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ballot counting continues
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Iraq set to develop Maysan oilfields with Chinese firms
Iraq extends gas MOU with Shell - oil minister
Iraq instability could delay new deals
Iraq exports in February at highest in a year
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010
Iraq's Nouri al-Maliki builds his political future on country's mega oil deals
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Iraqi Christians fleeing religious violence in Mosul receive
U.S. troops withdrawing en masse from Port-Au-Prince
After polls close in Iraq, UN envoy calls for unity
Miliband: we had to invade Iraq to preserve UN credibility
 U.S. Army soldiers evacuate a wounded soldier during operations to eliminate insurgents in Qubbah, Iraq, March 24, 2007. The soldiers are assigned to Charlie Troop, 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, N.C.    ula1
U.S. troops withdrawing en masse from Port-Au-Prince
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Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media
Arab Youth Have Their Say
Abbas urges Arabs to act over Israeli settlements
Murdoch urges Arab world to ease censorship
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corporation, speaks at the dedication ceremony for the Newseum, a museum about journalism and the First Amendment, on opening day in Washington on Friday April 11, 20
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
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