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Sat 10 Oct 2008Iraq signs provincial election law
IRAQ:IRAQ'S THREE-MEMBER presidency council has signed the provincial election law approved by parliament last month.
The belated adoption of the law is seen by Washington as a major step in the process of reconciling Iraq's Shia and Sunni Arab and Kurdish communities. Sunnis, in particular, stand to gain by securing seats in provincial councils dominated by ruling Shia parties that took power in the 2005 election boycotted by Sunnis and followers of dissident Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
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