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Iraq’s new government to include Sunni-backed bloc (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a news conference after meeting Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo October 20, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Iraq’s fractious politicians have agreed to return Shi’ite Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister, ending an eight-month deadlock that raised fears of renewed sectarian war, but leaving some Sunnis…

Iraq’s new govt to include Sunni-backed bloc (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a news conference after meeting Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo October 20, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Iraq’s fractious politicians have agreed to return Shi’ite Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister, ending an eight-month deadlock that raised fears of renewed sectarian war, but leaving some Sunnis…

EU sees Croatia advance in EU talks, chides Turkey (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Children play near a public fountain in Rijeka on the northern Adriatic island of Cres March 19, 2010. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - The European Union told Croatia Tuesday that its negotiations to join the bloc had entered their “final” stage,” while chiding Turkey for its failure to improve relations with…

EU backs limited treaty change to ward off crises (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

Reuters - The European Union on Thursday supported calls by Germany and France for limited changes to the bloc’s main treaty to help shore up Europe’s defenses against any new…

Sunni-backed bloc bending on Iraqi premiership (AP)

October 10th, 2010

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. A Kurdish political negotiator says his bloc is close to a deal that would give Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki enough parliament seats to keep power and form a new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - The Sunni-backed political coalition that narrowly won the most votes in Iraq’s parliamentary election appeared Sunday to be giving up its demand for the premiership, boosting the Shiite…

Sweden’s govt rejects any ties with far right (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Voters fill the booths at a polling station during general elections in Stockholm, Sweden Sunday Sept. 19, 2010. Voting started Sunday in Sweden's election with polls showing the center-right government heading for a historic second term, but an Islam-bashing far-right group could spoil its majority. (AP Photo / Janerik Henriksson)AP - Experts say Sweden’s center-right governing coalition will negotiate with an opposition party after neither major bloc secured a majority in parliament and both ruled out working with the…

Ethiopia opposition bloc claims voter intimidation (AP)

May 23rd, 2010

A giant poster featuring current Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi displayed in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Friday May 21, 2010. Voters have been intimidated and opposition candidates harassed ahead of Ethiopia's national elections on Sunday May 23, 2010, opposition members say, a vote likely to propel the current prime minister, a U.S. ally into a second decade of power. Opposition leaders say they worry this year's election may turn into a repeat of 2005's contentious poll which was capped by the arrest of about 100 opposition politicians and activists who challenged the results. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - Ethiopia’s largest opposition bloc said they have evidence of voter intimidation and vote-rigging that may lead them to reject the results of Sunday’s national election.


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Iraq recount affirms win for Sunni-backed bloc (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Iraqi electoral staff recount ballots from last month's general election at Baghdad's Rashid hotel on May 4. A recount of votes in Baghdad has yielded no evidence of fraud, Iraq's election commission said, more than two months after March elections from which no new government has yet emerged.(AFP/File/Ali al-Saadi)AP - Iraq’s electoral commission affirmed on Sunday the narrow victory of a Sunni-backed bloc in the March vote after a partial recount undercut the Shiite prime minister’s claims of…

Iraq PM: Sunni-backed bloc must be in govt (AP)

April 16th, 2010

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Shiite prime minister conceded Friday, April 16, 2010 the Sunni-backed political coalition headed by his archrival and that won the most seats in last month's parliamentary election must be included in the country's new government. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)AP - Iraq’s Shiite prime minister said Friday the Sunni-backed political coalition that is headed by his archrival and won the most seats in last month’s parliamentary election must be…

Iraqi PM’s bloc accuses election official of fraud (AP)

March 16th, 2010

Electoral workers sort through ballots cast at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The coalition led by Iraq’s prime minister has accused an election official of manipulating vote counts from the country’s parliamentary elections and called for a recount, a candidate…