Iraq PM extends lead in vote count (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was on track to claim several key Iraqi provinces on Sunday, bolstering his chances of keeping his job after an election crucial to ending years of bloody unrest.
Bourne in Baghdad (Guardian Unlimited)
Can Matt Damon’s half-fiction set the benchmark for a popular history of the Iraq war?
FACTBOX-Five facts about Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters March 14 (Reuters) – An alliance headed by Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was leading the vote count in six provinces on Sunday after early results from 14 of Iraq’s 18 provinces. Nationwide …
Iraqi PM strengthens lead with win in southern province (CTV.ca)
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki edged ahead Sunday in a tight race in the country’s parliamentary elections after partial results from all of Iraq’s 18 provinces showed his bloc leading in seven — two more than his chief rival.
A week on, Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
By Rania El Gamal and Khalid al-Ansary
Iraq PM extends lead in vote count (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was on track to claim several key Iraqi provinces on Sunday, bolstering his chances of keeping his job after an election crucial to ending years of bloody unrest.
A week on, Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters * Maliki coalition leads in 7 of 18 provinces * Maliki bloc has large lead in southern oil hub Basra * Allawi’s Iraqiya in second place nationwide (Adds results from last provinces, Maliki …
Incumbent Maliki Leads in Iraq Election (CBS News)
Prime Minister Likely to Retain Post, but May Have to Share Power as Ex-PM Allawi Remains Close
Iraq PM takes poll lead in key province (Malaysian Mirror)
BAGHDAD -Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s bloc built on its gains in Iraq’s parliamentary election, initial results showed on Sunday, as he took a comfortable lead in the key province of Basra.
A week on, Maliki pulls ahead in Iraq race (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pulled ahead on Sunday in early results of an election Iraqis hoped would end years of sectarian strife, but a divided vote suggested long and fraught talks to form a government are ahead.
Maliki’s alliance extends lead in vote count (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was on track to claim several key Iraqi provinces on Sunday, bolstering his chances of keeping his job after an election crucial to ending years of bloody unrest. A day after emerging in pole position in Baghdad, Maliki’s State of Law Alliance held strong leads in two of Iraq’s three biggest constituencies and was ahead
Five facts about Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
(Reuters) – An alliance headed by Shi’ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was leading the vote count in six provinces Sunday after early results from 14 of Iraq’s 18 provinces.
Is The Hurt Locker a harbringer of Iraq war movies to come? (National Post)
Sometime in the last 18 months, the war in Iraq finally turned a corner. I m not talking about troop surges or counter-insurgency, mind you. It s the fact that the conflict has finally started to produce some decent movies
Issue of Presidency Endangers Iraq’s Tenuous Balance (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
ANTHONY SHADID and SAM DAGHER In negotiations, the presidency has emerged as a growing quarrel, threatening to upset Iraq’s ambiguous arrangements of sect, ethnicity and power.
