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Article: UAE sets up polling stations for Iraqis to vote
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- January 7, 2005
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UAE sets up polling stations for Iraqis to vote
ABU DHABI, Jan. 7 (Xinhua)-- Iraqi citizens living in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE) and Gulf region will take part in Iraq's
elections by casting their ballots in polling stations set up in the
UAE, local Khaleej Times reported Friday.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed a
memorandum of understanding with the Independent Electoral Commission
of Iraq (IECI) to conduct a limited voting program in 14 countries,
allowing Iraqis living abroad to participate in the country's Jan. 30
elections.
Nicola Baldwin, Country Chief of External Relations for the IOM's
Iraq Out-of-Country Voting Programme, told the newspaper that ...