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Sat 03 Mar 2010Iraqi PM leads Baghdad elections
A list led by Shia prime minister Nuri al-Maliki had a wide lead in Baghdad, a key prize in Iraq's parliamentary election, preliminary results posted by Iraq's electoral commission showed today.
A Shia coalition with close ties to Tehran, the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), trailed Mr al-Maliki's State of Law coalition, followed closely by former prime minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqiya list, a secularist, cross-sectarian group.
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