Iraqi court upholds appeals of 9 winning parliamentary candidates
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 14:00
in Mathematics & Economics
The ruling appears to bring to an end challenges by Shiite parties aiming to overturn the narrow lead of Sunni-backed Ayad Allawi, who won 91 seats to Premier Nouri Maliki's 89 in the March election. An Iraqi court on Monday upheld the appeals of nine winning parliamentary candidates who were barred from office because of their alleged ties to the former Baath Party....