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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; Government Formation</title>
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		<title>Once bitten, twice shy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Kurds bring warring Arabs together, Kurdistan must ensure that the principles of co-existence are not sidelined For a disparate country fuelled by common mistrust and a diverse ethno-social mosaic, finding a formula to satisfy all sides is never going to be plain sailing. How the Iraqi &#8216;cake&#8217; is essentially shared and the mechanisms for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As weeks quickly pass, Iraqi politicians inch towards government formation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As months have quickly accumulated since the national elections were held in Iraq, in contrast politicians only inch towards the much elusive milestone of forming a new government. Whilst it is possible to provide a detailed overview of the current situation in Iraq and the key socio-political characteristics that have hampered a sense of nationalism [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>After eight months of intense political tussling to form a government, the real work has yet to begin</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst the advent of democracy in Iraq has often been hailed as historic, politicians embroiled in an ongoing and tense stalemate to form the next government, continued to set other unwanted records with the longest period of time taken to form a government after an election. Fast approaching eight months since the Iraqi national elections [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Balancing the ethno-social political triangle in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four months after the much anticipated national elections in Iraq that was hoped to foster the first all encompassing government in Baghdad, Iraqi politicians continue to jockey, debate and pursue tense negotiations with view to assembling the required majority to form government. Giving the Iraqi track record, a lengthy period of government forming is hardly [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The Iraqi political machine&#8217;s tricky path</title>
		<link>http://bashdar.co.uk/2010/03/the-iraqi-political-machines-tricky-path/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the painstaking election process stumbles to a close in Iraq, the intricate political work has just begun. Resolution of Iraq&#8217;s issues not without their &#8220;perils and dangers&#8221; Arranging and preparing for the national elections in Iraq was complicated enough. The elections finally held on 7th March 2010 were hailed by western powers and generally [&#8230;]]]></description>
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