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Iraq Vote Turnout Shows Political Dismay - Wall Street Journal Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:31:57 GMT

New York Times

Iraq Vote Turnout Shows Political Dismay
Wall Street Journal
Only slightly more than 50% of eligible Iraqi voters participated in provincial elections on Saturday, a far cry from the 72% turnout for the last provincial elections, in 2009, according to Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission. In Iraq's ...
Some Iraqis Doubt Benefits of First Vote Since US DepartureNew York Times
Poll centre attacks mar Iraq provincial voteAljazeera.com
Bombs, mortars fail to stop first Iraq vote since US exitReuters
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Iraq blast kills 2, wounds 22 - CNN International Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:04:17 GMT

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Iraq blast kills 2, wounds 22
CNN International
Baghdad (CNN) -- An explosion at a busy restaurant in the Iraqi city of Falluja killed at least two people Sunday and wounded at least 22 more, police said. The state television network Al-Anbar reported that a suicide bomber blew himself up inside the ...
'Bomb attack kills 9, injures 20 in Iraq'Press TV
9 killed, 20 wounded in roadside bomb attack in IraqXinhua

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HSBC reviewing Iraq ops, continues Egypt investment -executive - Reuters UK Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:48:55 GMT

Ahram Online

HSBC reviewing Iraq ops, continues Egypt investment -executive
Reuters UK
L) is reviewing its operations in Iraq while continuing to invest in Egypt despite a challenging near-term environment there, the bank's regional chief executive said on Sunday. "In terms of Iraq, it's a market that we will continue to review," Simon ...
HSBC says reviewing Iraq presence, may exit countryZawya (registration)

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Britain and US 'risk repeating Iraq invasion mistake with Iran' - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:57:03 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Britain and US 'risk repeating Iraq invasion mistake with Iran'
Telegraph.co.uk
Meanwhile the mainstream media is behaving as it did in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 when, instead of questioning every aspect of the case for military action, it became the cheerleader for war. This brings us to the biggest falsehood of ...

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'Kurdistan is part of Iraq,' Arab Idol judge tells Kurdish contestant - Al-Arabiya Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:24:28 GMT

'Kurdistan is part of Iraq,' Arab Idol judge tells Kurdish contestant
Al-Arabiya
“I want to welcome, with love, all Iraqis because we have amazing voices from there,” the show's Emirati judge and songstress Ahlam Al-Shamsi, said before saying Kurdistan is an “inseparable” part of Iraq. “I am against the country title that says ...

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Six new affordable houses will go to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans - Newsday - Newsday (subscription) Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:21:26 GMT

Six new affordable houses will go to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans - Newsday
Newsday (subscription)
The charitable arm of the Long Island Builders Institute is seeking Iraq and Afghanistan wars veterans to apply for the chance to own one of six new below-market-rate homes in Islandia. Long Island Home Builders Care Development Corp. plans to ...

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Iraq's Vote Looks Set to Deepen, Not Heal, Rifts - Wall Street Journal Sat, 20 Apr 2013 00:42:39 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Iraq's Vote Looks Set to Deepen, Not Heal, Rifts
Wall Street Journal
BAGHDAD—Iraq's vote on Saturday marks the first nationwide polls since U.S. soldiers left in late 2011. But weeks of deadly violence have already marred prospects for an election that now looks set to deepen sectarian divisions. At least 27 mostly ...


Iraq counts votes from first polls since US pullout - Al-Arabiya Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:33:37 GMT

Iraq counts votes from first polls since US pullout
Al-Arabiya
But the credibility of the elections came into question, as 14 candidates were killed in attacks ahead of the polls and a third of Iraq's provinces -- all of them mainly Sunni Arab or Kurdish -- not voting due to security concerns and political ...


Nine Killed on Iraq Election Day - Antiwar.com Sun, 21 Apr 2013 04:20:33 GMT

Nine Killed on Iraq Election Day
Antiwar.com
Iraq conducted regional elections today, except in heavily Sunni areas deemed security risks by the Shi'ite-led central government. Several bombs were detonated at polling centers around the country, but many of them failed to cause any casualties ...


How stable is Iraq? 13 candidates killed ahead of elections - Christian Science Monitor Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:49:43 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

How stable is Iraq? 13 candidates killed ahead of elections
Christian Science Monitor
Iraq's provincial elections tomorrow, the first since the US withdrawal, are considered a strong indicator of the country's stability. Pre-election violence does not bode well. By Jane Arraf, Correspondent / April 19, 2013. Workers carry ballot boxes ...