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Iraq: A perilous electoral stalemate, election panel invalidates 52 candidates. The Independent.

The protracted denouement of the Iraqi election makes our own election look like a fast-track version. Iraq went to vote on 7 March, but the final result may not be confirmed until well after the UK election count is complete. What, it might be asked, is taking so long?

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