Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq PM uses early lead to pursue new govt allies (AP)
• Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals, early results show (AFP)
• Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come (Reuters)
• EU's Ashton to be urged to lodge formal Iraq vote protest (AFP)
• UN envoy: No indication of widespread fraud in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq Election: Votes Being Counted Amid Risk of Violence (Time.com)
• Iraq opposition alleges 'flagrant' election fraud (AFP)
• British hostage endured mock executions in Iraq (Reuters)
• Briton tells of torture during Iraq kidnap ordeal (AFP)

Iraq PM uses early lead to pursue new govt allies (AP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:51 PM PST AP - Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlikely to produce a clear-cut winner.

Iraq PM takes slender lead over rivals, early results show (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 11:35 AM PST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki took a slender lead over his rivals on Friday, preliminary results from the country's general election showed, as opposition blocs alleged blatant fraud.

Iraq's election race tight, results slow to come (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:29 AM PST Reuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had a narrow lead over rival Shi'ites, partial results in Iraq's tight election race showed on Friday, but a secularist challenger remained far ahead in minority Sunni areas.

EU's Ashton to be urged to lodge formal Iraq vote protest (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 07:18 AM PST AFP - European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will next week be urged to lodge a formal protest over "widespread fraud" during the Iraqi election count.

UN envoy: No indication of widespread fraud in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:15 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - The United Nations is not seeing widespread fraud that could affect the outcome of the Iraq election, but it is still waiting for details of hundreds of complaints launched by political parties, according to senior UN officials.

Iraq Election: Votes Being Counted Amid Risk of Violence (Time.com) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 01:35 AM PST Time.com - Sunday's poll appears likely to yield an indecisive result, while accusations of ballot fraud by opposition parties could challenge the legitimacy of the new government that eventually emerges

Iraq opposition alleges 'flagrant' election fraud (AFP) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:06 AM PST AFP - A senior member of Iraq's main secular opposition bloc on Friday protested of blatant fraud in favour of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during Iraq's general election last weekend.

British hostage endured mock executions in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 12 Mar 2010 12:04 AM PST Reuters - British computer expert Peter Moore, held captive in Iraq for 2-1/2 years until his release in December, has said he was tortured and subjected to mock executions by a well-trained kidnap gang.

Briton tells of torture during Iraq kidnap ordeal (AFP) Posted: 11 Mar 2010 07:04 PM PST AFP - A Briton held hostage in Iraq for more than two-and-a-half years has revealed harrowing details of the torture meted out to him by his captors.

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