Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Ban forces rivals of Iraqi PM to halt campaign (AP)
• String of Iraq bomb attacks target poll candidates (Reuters)
• No proof Iraqi militants hold second American: US official (AFP)
• Iraqi secular list suspends campaigning over candidates ban (AFP)
• Iraq election officials confirm Sunni candidate ban (Reuters)

Ban forces rivals of Iraqi PM to halt campaign (AP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:36 PM PST AP - A political coalition led by one of the Iraqi prime minister's fiercest critics temporarily halted its campaign Saturday for next month's parliamentary elections after a number of its candidates were barred from running.

String of Iraq bomb attacks target poll candidates (Reuters) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 01:11 PM PST Reuters - A string of bombings targeted groups taking part in Iraq's March election late on Saturday, wounding seven people, an Interior Ministry official said.

No proof Iraqi militants hold second American: US official (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 11:27 AM PST AFP - The US military has seen no proof that radical Shiite Islamists in Iraq are holding a second American hostage as they claim, a US defense official said on Saturday.

Iraqi secular list suspends campaigning over candidates ban (AFP) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 10:21 AM PST AFP - Iraq's main secular list Iraqiya said Saturday it will not campaign for the March 7 general election after several of its candidates were disqualified over links to the outlawed Baath party.

Iraq election officials confirm Sunni candidate ban (Reuters) Posted: 13 Feb 2010 04:24 AM PST Reuters - Iraqi officials confirmed on Saturday that appeals by prominent Sunni politicians against a move to ban them from next month's election had failed, opening the door to sectarian recriminations that could mar the vote.

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