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Iyad Allawi, former Iraqi prime minister and head of the secular Iraqiya alliance, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad in this February 25, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Saad Shalash

PM, now trailing in Iraq vote count, cries fraud

Reuters - Wed Mar 17, 8:46 AM

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki complained of vote fraud Wednesday after new but incomplete results from a March 7 election showed their candidate trailing secularist challenger Iyad Allawi.

  • Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, pictured in February 2010, Wednesday dissolved the federal cabinet, a little over a month after taking up the top job following the long illness of the head of state, a minister said. Photo:Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
    Nigeria's acting president dissolves cabinet: official AFP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

    ABUJA (AFP) - Nigeria's Acting President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday dissolved the federal cabinet, a little over a month after taking up the top job following the long illness of the head of state, a minister said.

  • Madagascar's de facto leader Andry Rajoelina, seen here in 2009. The African Union slapped sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar's rulers for failing to implement accords to end a protracted political crisis, as new violence broke out in the island's capital. Photo:Aaron Maasho/AFP
    Africa slaps sanctions on Madagascar rulers AFP - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago

    ADDIS ABABA (AFP) - The African Union slapped sanctions Wednesday on Madagascar's rulers for failing to implement accords to end a long political crisis, as fresh violence erupted in the island's capital.

  • Interactive graphic on East Jerusalem as hundreds of Palestinians clash with security forces amid heightened tensions in the Holy City where Israel has vowed to expand Jewish settlements. Photo:/AFP
    Israel dismisses calls for east Jerusalem settlement halt AFP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Wednesday dismissed mounting pressure to stop building homes for Jewish settlers in annexed east Jerusalem, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman saying the demands were "unreasonable."

  • Footballers from countries which have qualified for the 2010 world Cup in South Africa pose for pictures in their respective team kits during a press conference held by Nike in London, in February 2010. South African customs authorities on Wednesday confiscated five million rand (685,000 dollars, 500,000 euros) worth of counterfeit football apparel related to the FIFA World Cup, a spokesman said. Photo:Ben Stansall/AFP
    S.African police confiscate fake World Cup jerseys: customs AFP - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South African customs authorities on Wednesday confiscated five million rand (685,000 dollars, 500,000 euros) worth of counterfeit football apparel related to the FIFA World Cup, a spokesman said.

  • Residents buy newspapers at a Jos news stand to get updates about the religious violence that has engulfed Jos south in Plateau State, on March 9. Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers butchered and then set fire to around a dozen Christians in Nigeria Wednesday, close to the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said. Photo:Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP
    New sectarian slaughter rocks Nigeria AFP - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

    JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers butchered and then set fire to around a dozen Christians in Nigeria Wednesday, close to the site of a recent sectarian massacre, officials and witnesses said.


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