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	IHEC: Extra ballot cards will be destroyed soon	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:39 AM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 14 (AKnews) - The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq (IHEC) announced Sunday that the additional empty ballot destroyed soon without leaving any risks of being reused in favor of a specific list.“The additional empty ballot will not change the results and we will destroy them” Sardar Abdul Karim of the IHEC...

Allawi's list leading in Egypt	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:28 AM

Cairo, March 14 (AKnews) - Iraqiya List headed by the former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is leading the Iraqi expatriates votes, according to results announced Saturday by the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) office in Egypt. "The results of the elections to the Iraqi community in Cairo are distributed as: 77%...

Journalists to file lawsuit against security members	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:11 AM

Dahuk, March 14 (AKnews) - Legal complaints will be raised against those who have attacked the journalists in Kurdistan Region during the Iraqi parliamentary elections, the coordinator of "Metro" center to defend the journalists said Saturday."Some of the journalists will file a lawsuit against those...

A fifth of early votes counted in Dyalah	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:11 AM

Diyala, March 14 (AKnews) – Independent High Electoral Commission's (IHEC) Diyala office has completed one fifth of the sorting and counting of early vote ballots, Director of the office said Saturday."The staff began sorting and counting of the early vote ballots as of this morning." Amer Latif al-Yahya said."5...

IHEC canceled preliminary results for Baghdad	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 10:11 AM

 Baghdad, March 14 (AKnews) - The Independent High Electoral Commission in Iraq (IHEC) withdrew preliminary results for the capital Baghdad Saturday, because of a "technical fault" in the data entry computers. The results released by the IHEC in Baghdad indicated that the Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's State of...

Observer releases initial results in Karbala province	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 9:24 AM

Karbala, March 14 (AKnews) - The sorting and counting process for the early and general vote in Karbala has been completed, a monitoring group Shams for the parliamentary elections in the province said Saturday.  After counting the voting the results were as follows: State of Law Coalition which is led by Iraqi Prime Minister...

Expert: unconvicted candidates can get parliamentary seats	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 9:05 AM

Diyala, March 14 (AKnews) - A legal expert said Saturday that the detained non-convict candidates can obtain seat in the Iraqi parliament.The criteria for candidacy identified by the electoral commission can be summed up by not including the candidates subject to the procedures of the Accountability and Justice Law and the Integrity...

	Kurdish parliament back to work Saturday	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 5:07 PM

Erbil, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – The parliament of Kurdistan Region in its Saturday meeting resumed its ordinary work after ending the winter recess, and for the next term many important bills are awaiting passage.The parliament speaker Kamal Kirkuki opened the meeting with a speech in which he marked the March occasions and festivals in Kurdistan in...

	Kurdish delegation to visit Britain over bilateral relations	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:49 PM

Erbil, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – A Kurdish parliamentary delegation headed by Kurdistan parliament speaker Kamal Kirkuki is expected to visit Britain Sunday over bilateral relations, a source said.The delegation is set to fly from Erbil International Airport Saturday night which is planning to visit the British parliament and the parliament of Wales...

	Kurdish politicians optimistic about Kirkuk issue	Read more
Saturday, March 13th 2010 4:36 PM

Kirkuk, Mar. 13 (AKnews) – Observers believe that an increase in the number of Kurdish MPs of Kirkuk in the Iraqi Parliament along with a united position of the Kurdish lists will have outstanding significance in solving the issue of Kirkuk and the disputed areas between Kurdistan and Baghdad.Aref Qurbani, who is a journalist and expert on the...