January elections point to new Iraqi order


Issue 841 - 21 Nov 2008 | 1 minute read

Iraq is to hold its much-anticipated - and delayed - provincial elections on 31 January, with 444 seats to be contested by a growing number of political groups. The polls could set the tone of Iraqi politics for years to come, to an even greater extent than Barack Obama's investiture in Washington eleven days before.

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