Re the Iraq vote: Here's the media responses tonight on google...[KLP Note: Interesting to see which outlets are saying what, and how....Note the Boston Globe and NYT's take...
VOTERS DEFY BOMBS
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain ----This one is telling!
Big turnout buoys hopes UNFLINCHING: As Iraqis defy rebel threats ...
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 31 minutes ago
Baghdad -- A day after millions of Iraqis flocked to the polls in an election hailed as a success by US and Iraqi officials, the nation faces a series of ...
Joy explodes across Iraq
Washington Times, DC - 51 minutes ago
By Sharon Behn. BAGHDAD — Triumphant Iraqis yesterday defied the terrorists, turning out by the millions to vote in Iraq's first ...
Iraqi freedom splintered by fear
Washington Times, DC - 51 minutes ago
By Borzou Daragahi. BAGHDAD — Iraq was like two nations yesterday — a larger one peopled by Shi'ites and Kurds who reveled in ...
Iraqi voters defy the bombers
Mail & Guardian Online (subscription), South Africa - 38 minutes ago
Millions of Iraqis defied a surge of bombings and suicide attacks on Sunday to go to the polls in greater than expected numbers for the first democratic ...
Turnout large despite violence; 44 dead, including 9 attackers ...
Boston Globe, MA - 43 minutes ago
By Anne Barnard, Globe Staff | January 31, 2005. BAGHDAD -- Iraqis voted yesterday in historic national elections in unexpectedly ...
Iraqis vote, celebrate
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription), GA - 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Millions of Iraqis risked mortar attacks and suicide bombings Sunday to vote in the country's first national election after decades of tyranny ...
Violence mars Iraq polls: 60pc turnout claimed
Pakistan Dawn, Pakistan - 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD, Jan 30: Millions of Iraqis exercised their right of franchise in a historic election on Sunday, defying militants who killed 35 people in a bloody ...
Bloody dawn to Iraq democracy
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 2 hours ago
IRAQI voters braved a wave of suicide bombers and mortar attacks on polling stations to participate in the country's landmark election yesterday, with turnout ...
Iraqis defy insurgents, turn out in droves
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 2 hours ago
BY EVAN OSNOS. BAGHDAD, Iraq - (KRT) - Millions of Iraqi voters Sunday embraced their first free election in half a century, turning ...
Iraqis defy attacks to make strong turnout in landmark election
Turkish Press, Turkey - 3 hours ago
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Voters turned out in surprisingly high numbers for Iraq's first free election in half a century, defying insurgents who unleashed suicide ...
A proud day in Iraq
Salon (subscription) - 2 hours ago
At crowded polling places in Baghdad, excited citizens explain why they voted and how -- for one day, anyway -- hope suffused their country. ...
Against Their Own Expectations, Fearful Iraqis Vote
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - 3 hours ago
By Edmund Sanders, Times Staff Writer. BAGHDAD -- Housewife Alaa Abed Mehdi had no intention of risking her life to vote Sunday. ...
44 Die in Attacks; Turnout Heavy Among Shiites and Kurds
New York Times - 3 hours ago
By DEXTER FILKINS. BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 30 - Defying death threats, mortars and suicide bombers, Iraqis turned out in great numbers ...
Violence-weary Iraqis await poll results
Reuters.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
By Matt Spetalnick. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis anxiously await the results of a historic election that drew voters out in greater ...
Defiant Iraqis flock to the polls
Financial Times, UK - 3 hours ago
By Roula Khalaf, Middle East Editor. Shia and Kurdish voters flocked to polling stations across Iraq yesterday to assert their democratic ...
Defiant Iraqis vote
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 4 hours ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqis embraced democracy in large numbers yesterday, standing in long lines to vote in defiance of mortar attacks, suicide bombers and ...
This is the first day I feel freedom!
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 4 hours ago
BAGHDAD: "This is democracy," said Fathiya Mohammed, an elderly woman who yesterday joined millions of others in flocking to vote in Iraq's first multi-party ...
VOTERS DEFY BOMBS
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 4 hours ago
BAGHDAD: Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election yesterday, defying insurgents who killed 37 people in a bloody assault on the poll. ...
Bombs keep Sunnis away
Times Online, UK - 5 hours ago
By James Hider and Ali al-Hamdani in Baghdad. WHILE Shiite areas of Iraq’s capital rushed to embrace a new dawn of democracy yesterday ...
Power of the ballot defeats the bombers
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago
Raed Jamal, the manager of a polling station in the Ameriya neighbourhood, settled down to count the votes as darkness fell after a momentous day in Baghdad. ...
Millions of Iraqis Vote; Attacks Kill 35
Wired News - 5 hours ago
By Matt Spetalnick. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Millions of Iraqis flocked to vote in a historic election on Sunday, defying insurgents who ...
Millions of Iraqis turn out to elect new government
CBC News, Canada - 5 hours ago
BAGHDAD - The turnout at the Iraq elections appears to have exceeded all expectations, although there are widely differing estimates of how many people voted. ...
Iraqis head to polls amid violence
China Daily, China - 5 hours ago
Millions of Iraqis flocked to cast ballots in historic elections yesterday, defying insurgents who killed more than 30 people in bloody attacks aimed at ...
Mixed message as Sunnis go to polls
Guardian, UK - 6 hours ago
Higher than expected numbers of Sunni Muslim voters appear to have turned out at the polls yesterday in the regions of Iraq that have been worst affected by ...
Iraqis Brave Bombs to Vote
Arab News, Saudi Arabia - 6 hours ago
BAGHDAD, 31 January 2005 — Iraqis braved bombs and voted in their millions in Iraq’s first free election in half a century yesterday. ...
Millions vote despite Iraq attacks
Reuters.uk, UK - 6 hours ago
By Matt Spetalnick. BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Millions of Iraqis have flocked to vote in a historic election, defying insurgents who killed ...
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