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News Analysis: Iraqi PM approaches Sunnis for nationwide elections

by Subhy Haddad and Shaalan Ahmed

BAGHDAD, Sept. 30, (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki is striving to convince Sunni Arabs to join his list for the coming nationwide parliamentary elections in January next year, following his refusal to join the newly-established alliance of the majority of Shiite parties.

During the past weeks, Maliki has held talks with tribal chieftains and political leaders in the provinces of Salahaddin, Anbar, Kirkuk and Nineveh, with Sunni majority, to encourage them to join the coming elections that would reshape political map in the war-torn country.

"Maliki is waging a new race in ...

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