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Recount calls add to Iraq’s political tension (AP)

March 21st, 2010

Iraqis chant anti-Baathist slogans at a protest in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 21, 2010. Hundreds of residents protested outside the local government office demanding a manual recount of the election votes, carrying banners that said 'No to stealing our votes.' (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Iraq’s president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month’s historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.


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