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Syria: Capoeira Brings Joy To Displaced Iraqi Children
Refugee children play tug of war at Al-Tanf camp in Syria in 2008. Al-Tanf housed as many as 850 Palestinian refugees who fled sectarian strife in...


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Iraq Pm Uses Early Lead To Pursue New Govt Allies
(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have only been released from only five of Iraq's 18...
Iraq Pm Takes Slender Lead Over Rivals
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant...
[03/12] Iraq Pm Uses Early Lead To Pursue New Govt Allies
BAGHDAD (AP) - Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlikely to...
Iraqi Poll Body Rejects Criticism
Faraj al-Hayderi, the chairman of IHEC, lashed out at Struan Stevenson, a European MP who had issued a statement claiming there were "suspicious delays" in announcing the results, and that...
Secularist Bloc Alleges Major Fraud In Iraq Poll
BAGHDAD: A cross-sectarian, secularist list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday alleged major fraud in Iraq's national election this week.Members of Allawi's Iraqiya list called a...
British Hostage Endured Mock Executions In Iraq
LONDON: British computer expert Peter Moore, held captive in Iraq for 2-1/2 years until his release in December, has said he was tortured and subjected to mock executions by a well-trained kidnap...
Iraqi Pm Takes Slender Lead Over Rivals
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has taken a slender lead over his rivals, preliminary results from the country's election show, as oppositions blocs allege blatant fraud.Maliki faces a strong...
Iraq Pm Takes Slender Lead Over Rivals In General Election
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud....
Iraq Pm Takes Slender Lead Over Rivals, Early Results Show
Iraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad on March 12, 2010, following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led invasion of 2003. Prime...
Iraq Pm's Bloc Eyes Coalition Gov't
Electoral workers sit amongst piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, March 12, 2010. Partial tallies have been released from seven of Iraq's 18 provinces, excluding...
Iraq Pleads For Patience As Clock Ticks On Poll Results
Iraqis count votes at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad on March 12, 2010, following Iraq's second general elections since the US-led invasion of 2003. Prime...
Un Sees No Indication Of Widespread Fraud In Iraq Election
In his first interview since the Iraq election, Ad Melkert said that the UN is looking into individual complaints including missing voter names and tampering with election data. The UN is not seeing...
Iraqi Pm Starts Laying Groundwork For New Govt
/enpproperty--> BAGHDAD - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election...
Iraqi Pm Starts Laying Groundwork For New Government
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed...
Iraqi Opposition Alleges 'flagrant' Election Fraud
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was locked in a tight contest to hold on to his job yesterday, as election results from Iraq's polls trickled in and opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.Maliki faces...
Iraq's Election Race Tight, Results Slow To Come
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead...
[03/12] Iraqi Pm Starts Laying Groundwork For New Govt
BAGHDAD (AP) - The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed...
Early Poll Results Show Iraqi Pm In Tight Race
Vote Counting Underway in Iraq Partial results from Iraq's parliamentary elections show Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's coalition in a tight race with a faction led by former Prime Minister Iyad...
Early Iraq Results: Pm Battles Rivals
First results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed the prime minister and his secular rival locked in an extremely tight contest amid fraud allegations by rival parties and a chaotic,...
Doomsday In Iraq, Is It Really Just Around The Corner?
We've now been at war intermittently with Iraq for almost 20 years, and with Afghanistan for 30. It adds up to nearly half a century of experience, all bad.Yet an expanding crew of Washington-based...
New Iraq Poll Results Show Tight Race, Possible Kingmaker - Summary
Baghdad - Iraq's main political alliances were still neck-and-neck as vote tallying continued Friday, while early results pointed to the emergence of the Iraqi National Alliance as a possible...
New Iraq Poll Results Show Tight Race, Possible Kingmaker - 2nd Update
Baghdad - Iraq's main political alliances were still neck-and-neck as vote tallying continued Friday, while early results pointed to the emergence of the Iraqi National Alliance as a possible...
Iraqi Police Arrest 5 Suspected Terrorists
American Forces Press Service BAGHDAD, March 12, 2010 – Iraqi police arrested five suspected terrorists, including a suspected al-Qaida in Iraq leader in northern Iraq, during combined...
Iraqi Pm Seeking Coalition Partners
The Iraqi prime minister’s bloc said today it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least two southern...
Iraqi Pm: Laying Groundwork For New Coalition Government
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi prime minister's bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results...
Iraq's Election Race Tight As Results Delayed Again
Iraqi workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) headquarters in Baghdad seal and store ballot boxes on March 8, 2010, following Iraq's second general elections since the U.S.-led...
Iraq Pm Begins Work On Forming Coalition Government
Iraq 's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, today began preparing negotiations for a new coalition government after edging ahead in the latest counts of Sunday's general election.The poll's outcome is...
[03/12] Shiite Group Leads In Southern Iraq Province Vote
BAGHDAD (AP) - An Iraqi Shiite religious alliance with ties to Iran is leading in one southern province according to the latest vote tallies released. Results have only been released for six of 18...
Iraq Results Trickle Out
BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious...
Iraq Counts Votes After Election Marred By Violence
BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious...
Shiite Group Leads In Southern Iraq Province Vote
Iraqi journalists and representatives of Iraqi political blocs and entities look at a screens showing the partial preliminary results from four of 18 provinces in Iraq in Baghdad, Thursday March 11,...