Iraq

Kurdish Ballot Rigging Row

Parties in Iraqi Kurdistan accuse each other of election fraud.

18 Nov 05

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s call for Shia to vote brought out many of the old and frail.

18 Nov 05

Insurgents shoot off voters’ ink-stained fingers in Baaqubah.

18 Nov 05

Following an election in which turnout seems to have been unexpectedly high, people’s minds are already turning to the new National Assembly.

18 Nov 05

Electoral officials estimate 60 per cent turnout as polling stations sift and collate two sets of election results.

18 Nov 05

By Ghassan Ali in Karbala (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

18 Nov 05

By Hussein Ali al-Yasiry in Diwaniyah (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

18 Nov 05

By Aqil Jabbar in Baaqubah (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

18 Nov 05

By Zaineb Naji in Baghdad (ICR No. 108, 01-Feb-05)

18 Nov 05

Anti-ballot Sadr follower changes his mind on election day.

18 Nov 05

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