BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Almost all the candidates who contested their ban from Iraq's upcoming parliamentary election did not submit their cases properly and lost the chance to appeal, an Iraqi legal body said on Tuesday. Nearly 500 candidates for Iraq's March 7 vote were disqualified from standing in the election by the Justice and Accountability Commission for alleged links ...

Iraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime. The seven-member panel is combing through a list of candidates barred from the election. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had ...

Hundreds of protesters denounced Iraqis still loyal to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party on Sunday as tensions soared over the decision to blacklist suspected Baathists from next month's election. Protesters chanted and carried signs that said, "No, No to Baath Party!" and "The return of the Baath ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government called on Thursday for a special session of parliament and branded as illegal an appeals panel decision to suspend a ban on candidates suspected of ties to an outlawed party until after an election. Political wrangling is heating up ahead of the March 7 vote, seen as a crucial test for Iraq as it emerges ...