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This Time, Iraq Gets Politics With Its Elections

Stability gives candidates chance to compete more in Western democratic style

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jan 22, 2009 10:55 AM CST

(Newser) – If Iraq’s tumultuous 2005 elections were a trial run at democracy, the current provincial race has main-event flavor, the Washington Post reports. Greater stability has allowed town-hall gatherings, where voters grill some 14,000 candidates running for 440 seats on everything from housing to... Read full story »

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