Iraq elections set for Jan 30

Iraq chose January 30 for its first democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of...

Iraq chose January 30 for its first democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.

According to Iraq’s timetable for democracy, polls must be held by end-January for a transitional parliament that will pick a new government and oversee the writing of a constitution.

‘‘The Electoral Commission set the date of January 30 as the date of the election,’’ said spokesman Farid Ayar. Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has vowed to crush the rebels to allow voting across Iraq. A cousin of Allawi who was kidnapped by militants on November 9 was freed, Al Arabiya television said.

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Just 60 km west of Falluja, gunmen mowed down Iraqi National Guard troops, killing nine and wounding 17 after hijacking a convoy and lining the men up for execution.

In Mosul, the bodies of three men killed by insurgents were left lying on a street on Sunday, a day after US troops discovered the corpses of nine Iraqi soldiers. Next to the three bodies was a paper saying they were Kurds. US forces have brought in hundreds of Kurdish National Guards to help police Mosul, upsetting local Arabs.

Premji said that Wipro would partner with the Government "to find a lasting solution for Bengaluru's mobility challenges".

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Wipro, a leading company in Bengaluru, has refused to allow public vehicles inside its Sarjapur campus to ease traffic congestion. However, they have agreed to finance a study to find a solution for the traffic problem. The founder, Azim Premji, believes that the issue is complex and requires expert analysis. Wipro has also committed to funding a significant portion of the study's cost.

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