Shiite agreement gives Iraq's clerics greater say
AP Exclusive: Iraq deal gives clerics final say
Shiite clerics to have final say in Iraq alliance
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- Iraqi officials fight publicly at start of vote recount for Baghdad
- Iraq begins recount of Baghdad ballots demanded by PM after narrow loss to challenger
- Iraqi PM criticizes opponent’s calls for international involvement in post-election impasse
- Postelection court order disqualifies Iraqi candidates, risks longer delays for new government
- Anti-US Shiite cleric calls on followers to defend themselves, places of worship after attacks
- AP Interview: Iraq key Shiite cleric sees election front-runners as lacking popular support
- Shiite Iraqi prime minister: Sunni-backed rival political bloc must be included in new govt
- Sunni-supported party from Iraq courts Iranian support
- Allawi’s secularism may not fly in today’s Iraq, where religion, politics are inseparable
- AP Interview: Allawi says Iraq’s political impasse could drag on for months
- Allawi gains momentum as Iraqi PM’s hopes of drawing Shiite coalitions to his side crumble
- Leader of Iraqi Shiite party gives boost to Allawi in race for prime minister
- Anti-US cleric’s supporters choose which candidate to back in self-styled referendum
- Iraqi kingmaker declines to back either frontrunner, leaves decision to supporters
- Al-Sadr call for referendum further scrambles political jockeying for new government
- Anti-American cleric al-Sadr calls for Iraqi referendum on who will be prime minister
- Iraqi committee wants to bar 4 elected on winning list for ties to Saddam Hussein’s regime
- Several prominent Iraq politicians fail to get into parliament, new election lists show
- Oud maker faces little demand for his instrument: Hundreds of artists have fled Iraq
- Following Iraq upset, Allawi turns to negotiations and warns of attempts reverse his win
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- Iraq’s top vote-getter reaches out to rivals, saying he wants to form new government quickly
- Alliance led by ex-Iraqi PM wins parliamentary elections; al-Maliki vows to challenge results
- Secular challenger claims victory in Iraq election; Allawi to try to form new government
- Secular challenger’s bloc wins most seats in Iraqi elections
- Iraqi minister walks out of meeting in Libya to protest Gadhafi’s support for Saddam loyalists
- In post-election talks in Iraq, Shiite rivals inch closer to prime minister’s coalition
- Iraqi PM fighting off challenge from secular candidate _ negotiations to follow vote count
- Iraq PM edges ahead of rival in partial election count, holds narrow lead over chief rival
- Early leads by 2 secular political groups forecast Iraq rejection of fundamentalist government
- Iraq vote results show PM leading in key Baghdad tally, boosting re-election chances
- Shiite religious blocs, secular coalition both pick up province apiece in Iraq election
- Bolstered by early election leads, Iraq’s al-Maliki seeks to make allies of foes in new govt
- Shiite religious alliance leading in southern Iraq province vote tally, as counting continues
- Iraqi PM’s bloc lays groundwork to form new govt after strong showing in initial results
- Early results in historic Iraq election show brewing battle between PM, secular challenger
- UN official urges Iraqis to report election results quickly
- Iraqi prime minister’s coalition, secular rival both claim to be ahead in historic vote count
- Parties predict Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki’s coalition will lead parliamentary vote
- Obama hails Iraq vote as an ‘important milestone,’ says millions who voted should be proud
- Obama: Iraq vote an ‘important milestone,’ pledges to stick to US combat troop withdrawal plan
- Obama congratulates Iraqi people on vote, mourns loss of life to insurgent attacks
- Defying threats of violence, Iraqis head to polls in historic election
- A look at the major coalitions in Iraq’s election
- Key political players in Iraq’s parliamentary elections
- Iraqis look forward to vote but fear chaotic aftermath with no clear winner expected
- Iraqi refugees cast ballots in their homeland’s election, with Sunnis hoping for solid turnout
- Iraqi refugees vote in their homeland’s election, with Sunnis hoping for strong turnout
- Different campaigning styles point to choice Iraqis must make in weekend vote for parliament
- Iran backs Shiite allies in Iraq’s election to secure leverage ahead of US withdrawal
- With headscarf and without, Iraqi women take prominent roles in Iraq’s election
- In final scramble for votes, Sunnis already worried about power struggles after March 7 ballot
- AP Exclusive: Iraqi PM calls candidate ban legitimate; says no US troops needed after 2011
- AP Exclusive: Iraqi PM defends ban of candidates with alleged Baathist ties ahead of election
- Iraq’s top cleric orders aides to stay out of election campaigning in bid to stay neutral
- After bowing out of Iraq vote, prominent Sunni leader says his party will take part
- Sunni leader reverses course, will allow party to take part in Iraq election
- Key Sunni group to boycott Iraq’s March election in move likely to undermine vote credibility
- Sunni party drops out of Iraqi elections, saying vote will lack legitimacy due to ballot purge
- Slogans at Baghdad checkpoints speak of a dream Iraq, belying dark days ahead of election
- Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urges strong election turnout, does not endorse any coalition
- Blacklisted from running, Iraqi lawmaker says Sunni vote boycott won’t help political standoff
- Iraqi panel issues final ruling barring 2 prominent Sunni politicians from running in election
- Iraq election commission seeks ruling on opening race to suspected Saddam loyalists
- Iraq appeals court postpones ban on hundreds of candidates with suspected Saddam ties
- Iraq appeals court strikes down ban on hundreds of candidates with suspected Saddam ties
- Iraq appeals court strikes down ban on candidates with suspected Saddam ties, says official
- AP Interview: US envoy says Iraq election on March 7 must be seen as fair
- AP Interview: US envoy says if Iraq vote not widely accepted, may delay seating of government
- AP Interview: Sons of Iraq leader says Sunnis may boycott vote over Baathist ballot purge
- 2 Americans detained in northern Iraq on visa violations after crossing from Kurdish region
- US Vice President Biden presses Washington concerns on Iraqi election blacklist
- Biden lands in Iraq to help ease tensions, keep nation on track for March elections
- Saddam cousin ‘Chemical Ali’ sentenced to hang for 1988 gas attack that killed 5,600 Kurds
- Iraq’s electoral commission bars 500 candidates from vote, including prominent Sunni lawmaker
- Former Iraqi PM says effort to bar some parties from March election amounts to intimidation
- Iraq Sunni politician to appeal electoral ban that analysts say may endanger March polls
- Iraqi group to bar Sunni leader from election over Baath ties, raising concerns for March vote
- Roadside bomb targets Shiite holiday procession in Iraqi capital, kills 6
- Police: Christians, Shiites scuffle over religious decorations in northern Iraq; 3 injured
- Woman jumps barriers and knocks down pope at Christmas Eve Mass. Pope unhurt
- For Christians in Bethlehem and worldwide, holiday cheer vies with gloom
- Unmerry Christmas for Iraqis faced with insurgent attacks, Shiite Muslim period of mourning
- Bombs target Iraqi Christians, Shiites before coinciding religious observances, killing 6
- Bomb targeting historic church in northern Iraq kills 2 men day before Christmas Eve services
- Iraqi police say gunmen storm checkpoint west of Baghdad, kill 4
- Iraqi police say 1 killed in bombing at historic church in northern Iraq