InFocus | Iraq Election
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Sunday May 3
Battles rage on eve of UN truce
Several explosions shake Beirut and Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs
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Sunday May 3
German Cabinet approves plans to send troops to Lebanon
The cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel approved plans on Wednesday to send naval and air force troops to Lebanon, underscoring Germany's increasingly prominent role in foreign peace-keeping missions.
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Sunday May 3
Iraqis voting in UAE to increase
The number of Iraqis in the UAE participating in the general elections to elect representatives of the National Assembly will increase by 35 per cent, according to an Iraqi Embassy official
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Sunday May 3
Guide to the Iraq election
This week, parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place across polling stations in Iraq
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Sunday May 3
Who is who in the Iraq election
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place across polling stations in Iraq on December 15, 2005. Here is a quick guide to the main players and parties contesting the Iraqi poll.
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Sunday May 3
Blank Iraqi ballots seized
A tanker truck containing forged ballot papers had been seized crossing into Iraq from Iran before Thursday?s elections, security officials said on Wednesday.
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Sunday May 3
Iraqis begin voting in UAE
Expatriates across the world cast their ballot as more than 15 million voters in Iraq geared up to vote in what is hoped will be a watershed event, ushering in a four-year, 275-seat parliament and a new government to tackle rampant violence as foreign forces begin to withdraw.
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Sunday May 3
Employees refuse to give back ballot boxes
A wage dispute with Iraqi electoral workers yesterday marred the out-of-country voting for the Iraqi elections which ended on Thursday
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Sunday May 3
Strong expat turnout for Iraqi election
Iraqis abroad cast the first ballots in their country's election on Tuesday, two days before their compatriots vote for postwar Iraq's first full-term parliament.
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Thursday Dec 15
Violence mars poll campaign
Campaigning around Iraq came to a stop on Wednesday to give the country's 15 million voters a chance to reflect on their votes, while Shiites protested a fellow Shiite politician's remarks on Al Jazeera.
