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Iraqi election officials examine a ballot after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009.

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Daily Star Lebanon
Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ballot counting continues
Tue 9 Mar 2010
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Powered by Rory Mulholland Agence France Presse BAGHDAD: Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from polls touted as a test of its young... (photo: AP / Ahmed al-Husseini))

Turkish survivors warm themselves around a fire after they spent the night in tents in Yalnizcam village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Tuesday, March 9, 2010,one day after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey eaarly Monday, killing at least 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, the government said.

Disaster Earthquake Emergency Photos Turkey

Daily Star Lebanon
Survivors struggle to pick up pieces after Turkey temblor
Tue 9 Mar 2010
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Powered by Mahmut Bozarslan Agence France Presse OKCULAR, Turkey: Survivors of a killer earthquake in eastern Turkey sought to resurrect... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)

The day of voting for government election in Iraq, The people in Kirkuk go to voting

Daily Star Lebanon Tue 9 Mar 2010
Fighting corruption must become a priority in post-election Iraq
By Abbas Kadhim Commentary by Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Powered by With parliamentary elections now over in Iraq, among the many challenges the country faces to establishing democracy and the... (photo: WN / Julie Adnan)
Corruption Election Iraq Photos Politics

An Electoral worker empties a ballot box to begin counting the results at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

The New York Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete picture of the vote that will... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Election Iraq Parliament Photos Vote

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The Examiner Tue 9 Mar 2010
David Letterman Extortion Case: CBS News Producer Pleads Guilty
Robert "Joe" Halderman pleads guilty in David Letterman Extortion Case.AP/Louis Lanzano Related articlesTop 10 celebrity sex scandals... (photo: AP / Michael Conroy)
Case Guilty Letterman Photos Related

President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1)

Khaleej Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Egypt Mubarak Photos President World

In this image released by the Iraqi government, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to reporters during a visit to a military base in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (dn1)

The Star Tue 9 Mar 2010
First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on Tuesday. Iraqi's Prime... (photo: AP/Iraqi Government)
Baghdad Elections Iraq Photos Politics

An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents

IRINnews Tue 9 Mar 2010
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
web Photo: jamesdale10/Flickr BAGHDAD, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - The security situation in Iraq's northeastern province of Diyala is slowly improving and thousands of... (photo: IRIN News / jamesdale10)
Baghdad Iraq Mideast People Photos

Electoral workers sit in front of piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010.

Asia Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
By Ali Kareem and Hemin H Lihony BAGHDAD and SULAIMANIYAH - The post-election political deadlock following Iraq's parliamentary elections on Sunday could lead to security... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Elections Extremism Iraq Photos Politics

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	Coalition led by Maliki ahead in poll The Independent
	Barack Obama: Iraq must be free to choose its own leaders and chart its own course The Independent
	Innocent in Iraq, insists Gordon Brown Daily Star Lebanon
	Maliki leads in Iraqi poll count Asia Times

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	Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote The Siasat Daily
	Iraqis vote despite militant attacks that kill 38 The Star
	Bloody start to Iraq's election Kenya Broadcasting Corp

Oil & Gas

	Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily
	Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy Wtop
	US sees 'critical role' for Japan on Iran Daily Star Lebanon
	Middle East oil demand to outpace world Daily Star Lebanon

File - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani receives Gordon Brown at his residence in Baghdad, Iraq, 19th July, 2008

Admiral slams 'disingenuous' Brown over war funds

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at the opening of an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum in London Monday Sept. 29, 2008. Brown said Monday that he is very disappointed by the U.S. House of Representatives' rejection of a US$700 billion emergency rescue for America's financial system. Brown said in Monday night's statement that he sent a message to the White House about the importance of taking decisive action regarding the cri

British PM Brown tells inquiry Iraq war was right

A billboard of Saddam Hussein damaged

Right decision to overthrow Saddam, says Brown

Turkey earthquake prompts homes rethink BBC News
The unfinished war game in Iraq China Daily
After polls close in Iraq, UN envoy calls for unity United Nations
Iraqis win praise for braving violence to vote Khaleej Times
Iraq's election today could affect U.S. exit The Columbus Dispatch
Blasts kill 24, injure dozens as Iraqis vote The Siasat Daily
REFILING: 3RD LD: Iraqis vote in parliamentary election, att Breitbart
Iraq signs initial deal for Maysan oilfields The Guardian
Female candidates stand up for Iraqi women The Siasat Daily
2ND LD: Iraqis vote in parliamentary election, attacks repor Breitbart
LEAD: Iraqis vote in parliamentary election+ Breitbart
Car bomb kills four at Shia shrine as Iraq prepares to go to The Siasat Daily
Iraqis vote in parliamentary election+ Breitbart
Female candidates stand up for Iraqi women (Feature) m&c
Iraq war inquiry The News International
In the loop but dodging the bullets The Times
U.S. official: Election of 'enormous' importance to Iraq USA Today
White House to seek more than $1 billion in aid for Haiti Lexington Herald-Leader
Bomb kills 4 near Shia shrine before Iraq poll Khaleej Times
Bomb kills 4 near Shi'ite shrine before Iraq poll The Star

UN outside of Forward Operating Base Kalsu, Iraq on Jan 3, 2009.

Miliband: we had to invade Iraq to preserve UN credibility

Labour Party leadership candidate Gordon Brown speaks to an audience of Labour party and Co Operative movement members in Manchester, England, Wednesday May 16, 2007.

Iraq inquiry: Gordon Brown set to give evidence

Iraqi lawmaker Keyan Hassan casts her ballot in an election for the Kurd-run region at a polling site in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 25, 2009.

Can Iraq's fragile democracy survive this test?

Iraqi Christians fleeing religious violence in Mosul receive United Nations
UN authority at stake over Iraq, foreign secretary tells inq m&c
Iraq inquiry: War was divisive but had to go ahead to avoid The Daily Mail
Iraq action 'vital to UN authority' The Guardian
UN 'feeble in following through threats to Saddam' BBC News
UN envoy says Afghan strategy is too 'military-driven' Lexington Herald-Leader
UN chief urges all Iraqis to vote Sunday Khaleej Times
Upcoming election 'decisive moment' for Iraq, says top UN en United Nations
Over 4,000 Iraqi Christians displaced following recent unres United Nations
UN envoy: Iraq poll most 'decisive' since invasion The Siasat Daily
Iraq poll most 'decisive' since invasion: UN envoy Khaleej Times
Iraq to reinstate 20,000 Saddam-era army officers China Daily
Iraqi Christians protest over killings BBC News
Top UN envoy to Iraq urges international community to back u United Nations
Iraqi Christians protest slayings, Pope concerned The Star
UN urges Iraq to ratify atomic inspection protocol The Siasat Daily
UN to weigh lifting Saddam-era sanctions on Iraq Zeenews
UN Moves Closer To Lifting Iraq Sanctions CBS News
UN takes step toward possible lifting of Saddam-era sanction Star Tribune
NEWSMAKER: UN official counters negative media coverage of H United Nations

U.S. Army soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment stand guard over a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb after polls closed for the national election in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010.

Robert Fisk: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give the West its 'democracy'

Residents gather at the scene of a blast which leveled a building in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010, which killed scores of people, including four children, according to police and hospital officials.

Obama salutes Iraqis for voting despite violence

An election official checks the seals on a ballot box after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdra

SNAP ANALYSIS - What next after Iraq vote?

Sarah Palin Defends Navy SEAL From Blue Island: Julio Huerta Huffington Post
Iraq 'condemned' to democracy Al Jazeera
Polls open in Iraq's parliamentary election Denver Post
Under threat, Iraqis vote in crucial election The Star
Gordon Brown and Iraq: Every answer bar the big one The Guardian
Iraq: Car bomb strikes Shiite holy city, killing 3 The Press Democrat
‘Terror groups still active in poll-bound Iraq’ Zeenews
Leading article: Iraq steps into a fragile and uncertain fut The Independent
Early Iraq voting shattered as series of deadly blasts kill Daily Star Lebanon
Iraq's Critical Election Khaleej Times
Singapore Navy: Oil Route a Terror Target CBS News
Iraq's Political Miracle The Daily Beast
Series Of Iraq Suicide Bombs Kill Dozens In Baqouba Huffington Post
At least 30 killed in Iraq bombings The Guardian
Sunnis brace for gloomy election Iraq and the War on Terrori The Oklahoman
Family slain amid election terror in Iraq Newsvine
Italian police swoop in against Kurdish terrorism suspects ( m&c
Italy police swoop in against Kurdish terror suspects m&c
Iraqi parliamentarian denies U.S. charges of terrorism The Miami Herald
High court weighs anti-terror material support law Kansas City Star

Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad

PM Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote

Residents gather at the scene of a blast which leveled a building in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010.

Election day attacks in Iraq kill 26; voters defy violence in hopes of national reconciliation

President Barack Obama

Just what does Barack Obama stand for?

Pakistan in Cauldron of Internal Crises World Security Network
Iran calls political opponents enemies of Islam Newsvine
Iran's rulers mold Islamic defense into tool against politic Star Tribune
Britain's FM hails Iraq war Middle East Online
The fight on the beaches The Independent
Behind the scenes of The Hurt Locker: the terrifyingly fine The Daily Mail
Iraq early voting shattered by deadly blasts The Examiner
17 killed in Baghdad blasts targeting voters The Examiner
String of blasts targeting early voters in Baghdad kills 17 Star Tribune
Murky Candidacy Stokes Iraq's Sectarian Fears The New York Times
U.S. Fears Election Strife in Iraq Could Affect Pullout The New York Times
Oscars: Which movie should win? Houston Chronicle
Hitler's "Big Lie" reborn: US lies for war with Iran bigger The Examiner
Women Take Prominent Role in Iraqi Vote The New York Times
UK government violated human rights of two imprisoned Iraqis The Guardian
Iraq's Sunnis Bracing for Chaos After Election The New York Times
Obama faces moment of truth with Iraq election The Siasat Daily
Petraeus: Iraq Violence Down but Threats Remain The New York Times
Iraq: Key Figures Since the War Began The New York Times
Rival Groups See Iraqi Vote as Way to Claim Kirkuk The New York Times

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Brian Christmas, battalion commander of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, talks to village elders and local Afghans during the shura, or consultation, being held at India Company's position in the city of Marjah in the Helmand province of Afghanistan Feb. 26, 2010.

Shooting an Elephant and Why the U.S. Must Win in Iraq and Afghanistan

A car bomb exploded at a police station Saturday near a base in western Iraq used by U.S. Marines, killing 10 Iraqi policemen and wounding 48 other people, officials said. sa1

Blast hits Iraq in election run-up

Rena Alsaaidi casts a vote, for Sunday's parliamentary elections in Iraq, at the polling station in Dearborn, Mich., Friday, March 5, 2010.

Iraqis abroad begin voting in homeland's elections

Iraqi refugee saved from deportation at last minute Daily Star Lebanon
Gaza fishermen still under Israeli fire The Siasat Daily
Man 'murdered wife in fake burglary' The Independent
Iraq has moved forward. It's time we did too The Times
Iraqis in region headed to polls LA Daily News
Iraqis cast their vote amid fears of arrest, documentation w Daily Star Lebanon
Biden leads latest U.S. push to revive Mideast peace talks Lexington Herald-Leader
Neighbours eye Iraq elections Al Jazeera
25 die as Iraqis defy violence to vote in election The Siasat Daily
Iraqis begin voting for parliament The Siasat Daily
IRAQ: National election raises hopes for Iraqis IRINnews
Gwynne Dyer commentary: Iraq election may be a signal that c The Columbus Dispatch
Celebrating Thirty One Years of Resilience and Courage The Examiner
Iraq's vote key test for a democracy in progress The Siasat Daily
Sadr urges Iraqi voters to pave way for US pull-out The Siasat Daily
Polls open in Iraq election Al Jazeera
Iraqis vote in crucial election Khaleej Times
Iraqis vote in parliamentary polls Al Jazeera
Elections in Iraq galvanise citizens determined to vote for The Times
Seven held over Iraqi expat poll scuffles in London BBC News

34th Arab health ministers' meet in Cairo Wednesday

How not to advance Arab-Israeli peace

Murdoch has ambitions for original Arab content

Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive Lexington Herald-Leader
Murdoch urges more transparency in Arab media Yahoo Daily News
Arab Youth Have Their Say Khaleej Times
Abbas urges Arabs to act over Israeli settlements Khaleej Times
Censorship is counterproductive: Murdoch to Arabs The Times of India
Unleash your creativity, Murdoch tells Arab World Khaleej Times
Murdoch urges Arab world to ease censorship Gulf News
Young Israeli Arab leader: Like Ajami director, I don't repr Newsvine
Israeli group: Police improperly arrest Arab kids The Press Democrat
Rupert Murdoch at Abu Dhabi Arab media summit says censorshi Hartford Courant
A return to Arabism is essential Gulf News
Israel wants nuclear plant with Arab neighbours Khaleej Times
In search of their Arab fathers The Hindu
Tunisian First Lady opens Arab Conference on 'fighting viole Middle East Online
A fuller picture of the Arab world Star Tribune
State Takes Part in Arab-African Cooperation Meeting in Cair All Africa
Bing shies away from gay-as-day search results in Arab count The Register
Survey Reveals Concerns of Arab Youth The Siasat Daily
ArabNet �ro" The Conference for the Arab Web Industry Newsvine
Israeli-Arab director of Oscar-nominated 'Ajami' says he doe Breitbart

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