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Polls have closed throughout Iraq in a recent election, as citizens in this region voted for over 400 council seats. And, as Sheila MacVicar reports, there was little violence during the process.

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Dhaka, Dec 31 (bdnews24.com) – The Washington-based National Democratic Institute has said its observer team along with other foreign observers were "unanimous" in their view that the Dec. 29 parliamentary election was a credible one.

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Foreign election observers of different organisations, European Union Election Observation Mission (EUEOM), Commonwealth Observer Group, National Democratic Institute (NDI) and Asian Network for Free Elections (Anfrel) Foundation, said they did not find any instance of “election manipulation” as alleged by [the] BNP.

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More than 14,000 candidates are running in Iraq’s provincial elections scheduled for the end of the month. It’s the first time since 2005 that Iraqis are going to the polls. If the process isn’t seen as legitimate, Iraq’s fragile democracy could be threatened.

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