BAGHDAD: A top aide to Iraq’s Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country’s fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star

BAGHDAD -- A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to resolve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Full Article at The State

BAGHDAD -- A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader on Friday urged the country's fractious political blocs to solve a crisis over a key election law that threatens to delay national polls planned for January. Full Article at WHDH-TV

AFP - Iraqi clerics, both Shiite and Sunni, called on members of parliament on Friday to end a protracted deadlock over a key election law that threatens to delay polls scheduled for January. Full Article at France 24

BAGHDAD, Oct 25, 2009 (AFP) - Iraq risks increased instability if elections slated for January are delayed, a top Iraqi general warned in an interview with AFP, as legislation key to the polls remained stalled. Full Article at Zawya.com

BAGHDAD -- A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned yesterday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Full Article at Columbus Dispatch

BAGHDAD -- A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Full Article at WHDH-TV

Sheik Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalaie, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Karbala, said the revered cleric wants elections - set for January 16 - to be held on time. Full Article at Ynetnews

BAGHDAD - A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune

BAGHDAD -- A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Full Article at The State

tool goes here BAGHDAD — A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national... Full Article at Centre Daily Times

A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Full Article at ABC News

NAJAF, Iraq — If there's one place in Iraq outside the parliament itself that will set the tone for the country's politics, it's Najaf, a dusty city of about 900,000 that was neglected under Saddam Hussein's Sunni Muslim dictatorship and now bustles... Full Article at Centre Daily Times

NAJAF, Iraq, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- U.N. officials met with Iraqi Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf to discuss the parliamentary elections scheduled for January. Full Article at United Press International