Maliki, Allawi top contenders

[Dinarsareus]

BAGHDAD: Coalitions led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and arch-rival ex-premier Iyad Allawi have emerged as favourites among voters as Iraq heads towards March 7 elections, a survey has shown. Maliki's State of Law Coalition leads with 29.9 per cent while Allawi's Al-Iraqiya secular alliance trails with 21.8 per cent, according to details of the poll by the National Media Centre, a government agency, received today by AFP. Allawi last month unveiled a broad secular..

http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/25/M ... ontenders/

[IcemanSC]

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