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Iraq’s top vote-getter reaches out to rivals (AP)

March 27th, 2010

Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in the poster, take to the streets after the results released by Iraq's election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. The narrow margin — 91 seats for Ayad Allawi's coalition to 89 for al-Maliki's alliance — sets the stage for months of political wrangling as the veterans of Iraq's young democracy attempt to win support for a majority coalition.  (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi reached out to his rivals to form a governing coalition Saturday, staking his claim as the top vote-getter in Iraq’s elections and saying…

Iraqi vote winner hopes to form government soon (AP)

March 27th, 2010

Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in the poster, take to the streets after the results released by Iraq's election commission show a secular challenger has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. The narrow margin — 91 seats for Ayad Allawi's coalition to 89 for al-Maliki's alliance — sets the stage for months of political wrangling as the veterans of Iraq's young democracy attempt to win support for a majority coalition.  (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - The top vote-getter in Iraq’s parliamentary elections says he wants to negotiate with all parties to form a government that can restore Iraq’s place in the Arab and…

Iraq’s top vote-getter cuts across sectarian lines (AP)

March 26th, 2010

Supporters of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, seen in the poster, take to the streets after the results released by Iraq's election commission show the secular challenger Allawi has beaten the country's prime minister in parliamentary elections, positioning him to be the first to try to form a government in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - He has fought off a machete-wielding assassin believed sent by Saddam Hussein, spent much of his life in exile and was rumored to have personally shot a number…