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| Iraq's Maliki 'wins most seats in parliamentary polls' | Iraq's Maliki 'wins most seats in parliamentary polls' |
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| PM Nouri Maliki's bloc State of Law won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, but fell short of a majority, preliminary results suggest. | PM Nouri Maliki's bloc State of Law won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, but fell short of a majority, preliminary results suggest. |
| The electoral commission said the bloc had taken 92 of the 328 seats in the Council of Representatives. | |
| The Ahrar bloc loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr was second, followed by another Shia group, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. | The Ahrar bloc loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr was second, followed by another Shia group, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. |
| Mr Maliki wants a third term, but his rivals have voiced strong opposition. | Mr Maliki wants a third term, but his rivals have voiced strong opposition. |
| They blame him for the sectarian violence that has left more than 3,000 people dead this year, and accuse him of trying to monopolising power. |