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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMT

Iraqi PM demands recount of ballots

Nouri al-Maliki's warning comes as secular challenger Iyad Allawi appears to inch ahead with 11,000 vote lead Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, has invoked the spectre of renewed violence if there is no recount of all ballots cast in the general
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:36:00 GMT

Maliki in tight election battle, calls for recount

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:34:00 GMT

Maliki call for a recount in Iraq is rejected (McClatchy Newspapers)

BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq's electoral commission on Sunday rejected demands from Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki and for a manual recount of ballots, saying there was no justification for further delaying results of the March 7 parliamentary polls. "We'd have to
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Al Maliki demands recount of votes

With 95 per cent of the votes counted in the Iraq election, challenger Ayad Allawi holds a narrow lead of about 11,000 ballots over prime minister Nouri al Maliki.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:28:00 GMT

Iraq: Trailing Maliki wants vote recount

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:26:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

BAGHDAD -- Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it. Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:09:00 GMT

Iraqi PM rebuffed after demanding vote recount

BAGHDAD (Iraq): Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's calls for a recount of votes from Iraq's polls were on Sunday rebuffed by its election commission, amid a tight race to form the biggest bloc in parliament. Maliki's about-face from previous remarks that
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:06:00 GMT

Iraqs electoral commission rejects request for recount

The 95 percent of votes that have been counted show that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who appealed to a largely Shiite base, is in the lead in a very tight race with Ayad Allawi, whose constituency is largely made up of Sunni Arabs, for the largest
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:04:00 GMT

Iraq’s election commission rejects Nouri al-Maliki’s demand for vote recount

Oliver August Baghdad Iraq’s election commission last night rejected a call by the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, for a recount of ballots in the March 7 polls, as his main rival held on to a narrow lead. With 95 per cent of the votes counted, Mr
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

BAGHDAD -- Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it.
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:56:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad: Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

Dr. Abbas al-Sahan’s patient wasn’t a war victim. She didn’t have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it. Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed was
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:55:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

BAGHDAD -- Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it. Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:53:00 GMT

Iraq Polls: Allawi leads now, calls for recount rise

EVEN AS Iyad Allawi, the main challenge to incumbent Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has emerged to lead the Iraq polls, as per vote counting updates released on Sunday, there is a rise in demand for a recount. Till now, 95 per cent of vote counting has
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:51:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

BAGHDAD -- Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed was ecstatic. Friends who visited "were surprised with the change in my face," she said. "They compared my nose to Nicole Kidman's!" Even in the worst
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:34:00 GMT

Iraq's President Demands Election Recount

BAGHDAD (March 21) - Iraq's president on Sunday called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud. A new count could further extend
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:34:00 GMT

Al-Maliki call for a recount in Iraq is rejected

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- "We'd have to hire more than 350,000 employees and if we didn't hire that many, we'd need three years to recount (by hand)," said Faraj al-Haidari, chairman of Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, the parliament-appointed panel
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:34:00 GMT

Iraq election: President demands recount

By Saad Abdul-Kadir Iraq's president has called for a recount in this month's parliamentary elections, which have turned into a tight race between the prime minister and a secular rival amid accusations of fraud. A new count could further extend
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:34:00 GMT

Allawi holds narrow lead in Iraq vote as Maliki demands recount

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Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:26:00 GMT

Dangerous times in Iraq

Iraq's second parliamentary elections since the US-led invasion represent a milestone, but for the foreseeable future its politics will remain fragmented along sectarian, ethnic and personality lines. However, far from a triumph for democracy, the final
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:24:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it. Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed was
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:21:00 GMT

Botox in Baghdad? Iraqis go for a little nip, tuck

Dr. Abbas al-Sahan's patient wasn't a war victim. She didn't have a scar that needed cosmetic surgery. All she wanted was a cute nose. And she got it. Speaking after the surgery, bandages and swelling gone, 23-year-old Sarah Saad Abdul-Hameed was
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:19:00 GMT

Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension

BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition is narrowly trailing in the overall vote tally to one led by former prime minister Ayad Allawi, with 95 percent of the vote counted. President Jalal Talabani, whose own coalition is losing to Allawi's
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:13:00 GMT

ArcelorMittal to Build Steel Mill in Iraq, an Industrial Info News Alert

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT) (Luxembourg), the world's largest steel producer, has announced plans to set up a steel mill at Sulaimaniyah in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. The steel major will build
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:10:00 GMT

Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension

Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:03:00 GMT

Iraq: calls for recount after Allawi takes the lead

Advts: Retail Plus | Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | Baghdad: Final results from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary elections will be announced on Friday, the country's electoral commission announced on Sunday, amid mounting calls for a recount. The Iraqi
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:57:00 GMT

Iraq rejects call for vote recount

BAGHDAD, Mar 21 (AFP): Iraq's electoral commission rejected a call by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for a manual recount of votes cast in the country's March 7 polls, commission chief Faraj al-Haidari said Sunday. 'We have provided all political entities
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:51:00 GMT

Latest on Vote Counts in Iraq

The latest results of vote counts in the Iraqi Capital, Baghdad, show that the State of Law Coalition has gained the highest number of ballots. Âlong_space In an interview with an Iraqi news agency, the spokesman for the Independent Iraqi Election High
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:44:00 GMT

Iraq Election Commission Rejects Calls For Vote Recount

Iraq's election commission has rejected calls from the president and prime minister for a recount of votes cast in the general election on 7 March. An election official said a recount of all votes would be impossible and was unnecessary because of checks
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:42:00 GMT

Iraq PM calls for vote recount as rival takes lead

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Sunday called for a recount of votes cast in the country's March 7 parliamentary polls after early results showed his main rival pulling ahead. The Iraqi parliamentary race looked set to go down to the wire after early
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:39:00 GMT

Iraq PM rebuffed after demanding vote recount

BAGHDAD (AFP) Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is locked in a tight battle with his main rival to form Iraq's next government, called on Sunday for a recount of votes cast in the country's March 7 polls. His demand was immediately slammed as a "clear
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:36:00 GMT