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Thousands of votes frozen in Sweden	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 8:01 PM

Erbil, March.14 (AKnews). Some specialized sources in monitoring the Iraqi elections in Sweden said that the representatives of political entities filed a complaint to the High Independent Electoral Commission in Iraq protesting on freezing 6 thousands votes in the seven polling stations in Sweden. "Representatives of the electoral...

Observers: more than 4200 votes in Germany disconsidered	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 8:01 PM

Erbil, March.14 (AKnews).specialized observers in observing the Iraqi community elections in Germany said on Monday that more than 4200 electoral vote were disconsidered because of lack of Iraqi documents required for voting. “The rate of the participation in the parliament elections was good despite of the cold weather “.observers said...

	IHEC: 32.34% of ballots sorted across Iraq as of yet	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 7:26 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 14 (AKnews) – After the Iraqi legislative poll took place in Iraq on March 7, now the process of sorting and counting the ballot papers are going on across the country. Head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC)'s Popular Relations Office Abdurrahman Khalifa the process of sorting the ballot papers of the...

Concerns over poll fraud in Kirkuk	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 5:45 PM

Kirkuk, March.14 (AKnews). Khalid Shwani, Kurdistan Alliance MP called the United Nations and the electoral commission to remove the fraud that accompanied the elections in several areas of Kirkuk for the benefit of the Iraqia List.  "we will not give legitimacy to such elections so overwhelmed by fraud in the areas of Hawija ,Zab ,...

	Iraq-Vote results may not tackle Kirkuk issue	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:51 PM

Erbil, Mar. 14 (AKnews) – The American New York Times wrote in its Mar. 12 issue that the status of Kirkuk may remain uncertain after the parliamentary polls as the early election results appear to reflect a "hardening of divisions" between Kurds, Arabs and Turcomans in northern Iraq.The Kurdistan Alliance, which is a coalition of...

Kurdistan alliance gains 52% of votes of Yazidies inGermany	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:36 PM

Dahuk, March .14 (AKnews).Kurdistan alliance list gained 52% of the votes of Yazidies in Munich in Germany while the other votes were distributed on Yazidies Kota candidates. According to a report published by (Bahzani ) site interested in the Yazidi issue and the other minorities , it is edited from Germany . The report noted “ there was...

	IHEC: special voting results expected soon	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:25 PM

Sulaimaniyah, Mar. 14 (AKnews) – After the Iraqi legislative poll took place in Iraq, now the process of sorting and counting the ballot papers are going on across the country. Head of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) - Sulaimaniyah office Tahir Muhammad announced that sorting the ballot papers at the office have stepped...

Kurds seek renew four party alliances in Iraq	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:25 PM

Baghdad, March 14 (AKnews)-  Kurdistan Alliance List said on Sunday that there are efforts to activate the four-party alliance between the main political components in the country."Kurdistan Alliance bloc does not have any red lines on any political component except the forces that do not believe in the Iraqi constitution and the...

Not clear yet who rules Iraq	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:04 PM

Baghdad, March 14 (AKnews) - “Iraqi parliamentary elections got over and altercations among various political groups kicked off,” columnist and Editor -in- Chief of Awan Dr Mohammad Al-Rumaihi wrote for the daily Saturday.“In this context, one may refer that Iraq’s parliamentary experiment had a lot of loopholes and this entails that...

Claims for seats amid result delay in Iraq	Read more
Sunday, March 14th 2010 4:04 PM

Karbala, March 14 (AKnews) One of the winners from national Iraqi coalitions in Karbala said  that his list deserves more than three seats that were allocated to the province, attributing the causes to the existence of what he called pressure on the voter on Karbala. "The Iraqi National coalition list is very popular in Karbala...