Iraqi PM: Appeals panel can review election law (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/iraq/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.8274a19b362c485a8768b10cba586111.iraq_politics_bag104.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=gAFesT2lg.9hiJbzrvckfA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A worker installs a campaign poster for lawyer Daham al-Sayer, a candidate with list number 362 that reads in Arabic ' To the residents of Basra, your city needs someone who knows what Basra needs' in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called off an emergency parliament session and said he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a controversial election law. The seven-member judicial panel is combing through a list of candidates barred from next month's election because of suspected ties to Saddam's outlawed Baath Party. Al-Maliki had pushed for the ban, and his decision Monday to leave the candidates' appeals in the court is seen as a concession.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraq's prime minister says he accepts an appeals panel's jurisdiction over a ban on candidates from March 7 parliamentary elections for their suspected ties to Saddam Hussein's regime.</p><br clear="all"/>

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