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...parents to polling booths, decked out in their newest clothes. "It's a big day, and I wanted my girls to experience it," said Amina Hussein, a Baghdad housewife, as she and her husband tried to subdue three giggling preteen daughters at a voting booth in the downtown Karrada district. "When they are older, God willing, they will vote in many elections. But this is the one they will never forget...
...suit filed by the majority of the Yale Law School faculty, U. S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall ruled last Monday that the Solomon Amendment is unconstitutional. A Third Circuit panel in Philadelphia issued a similar ruling late last year...
...leaving out food and blankets. On this Wednesday morning, making his way between the blast barriers and "dragon's teeth" road spikes at the checkpoint, Aziz told the police officers, "I want to walk." Turning left on the four-lane road cutting through the capital's Jadriyah district, he headed east in the direction of the Australian embassy. In front of him a garbage truck stopped, and its driver hopped out to collect the rubbish bags left out on the pavement. This early, the Jadriyah road was quiet. Shops were still shuttered; a few pedestrians and the odd car went...
...candidates run in districts as individuals? No. The January 30 National Assembly election treats all of Iraq as a single electoral district, contested not by individuals but by parties or coalitions. Each voter has one vote to be awarded to one of the 111 parties or coalitions on the ballot. Each party or coalition has submitted a list of candidates, in order of preference, to the Independent Iraqi Electoral Commission. The party will be awarded a share of seats in the 275-member assembly proportional to its share of the vote. For example, if a party or coalition wins...
Some find it unseemly that this week's wartime inauguration will cost more than $40 million, a record. The grumblers include the District of Columbia, which has been asked to pick up a $17.3 million tab for police, construction and emergency services. Still, a party's a party, and Washington is good at dropping its partisan gripes (and wartime sobriety) to celebrate. A preview: --By Jeninne Lee-St. John and Melissa August...