Iraqi PM: Appeals panel can review election law BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime. The seven-member panel is combing through a list of candidates barred from the election.
Iraqi PM says he won't allow US to meddle in vote BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's prime minister says he will not allow the U.S. ambassador to meddle in an effort to bar hundreds of candidates from running in March parliamentary elections because of suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.
Blasts kill 32 at height of Iraq Shiite pilgrimage
By CHELSEA J. CARTER Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - A twin car bombing Friday targeted a crowd of Shiite pilgrims packing a highway as they walked to a holy city south of Baghdad for a major religious ceremony, killing at least 32 and wounding 154 people, Iraqi ministry officials said.
Iraq election panel seeks ruling on candidate ban BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's election commission is asking the nation's highest judicial authority to make a final ruling on whether to open up next month's election to hundreds of candidates banned because of suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.
AP Exclusive: US military rushes bomb dogs to Iraq
By CHELSEA J. CARTER Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - American military officials are stepping up delivery of bomb-detection dogs to Iraq with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government under pressure for using equipment that may be ineffective in finding explosives.
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