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| | Iraqi vote count so far shows cleric-backed Shi'ite list in lead - The Boston Globe |
 | | US and Iraqi officials had cautioned that it would be harder for Iraqi forces to cope with the day-to-day insurgency than it was on election day, when car traffic was shut down across the country. |
 | | According to the incomplete results, the Shi'ite-backed Alliance was outpolling the closest contender, Allawi's Iraqi List, by about 5 to 1 in five southern Shi'ite provinces that include the cities of Nasiriyah, Najaf, Karbala, Diwaniya, and Samawa. |
 | | The Shi'ite list won 44 percent of the vote, followed by 18 percent for a coalition of Kurdish parties, 12 percent for Allawi's list, and 8 percent for a coalition of Christian minority parties. |
| www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/02/04/iraqi_vote_count_so_far_shows_cleric_backed_shiite_list_in_lead (980 words) |
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