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Fri 03 Mar 2010Results show Iraqi PM in tight race with secular challenger
INITIAL OFFICIAL results from Iraq’s milestone election released yesterday indicated that the race could be very tight. The State of Law coalition headed by Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki is leading in two southern provinces while the Iraqiya bloc led by his main rival, former premier Iyad Allawi, is ahead in two northern provinces.
In Babil (Babylon) province Mr Maliki, a moderate religious Shia, secured 42 per cent of the vote and in Najaf province he took 47 per cent.
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