Baghdad begins vote recount requested by PM

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The recount is one of a series of delays that has stopped a new government being formed.<br/> <br/> Former premier Iyad Allawi's secular Iraqiya coalition won the election, defeating Maliki by 91 votes to 89, according to results still to be ratified by the Supreme Court.<br/> <br/> Both need 163 seats to form a majority government but coalition talks with smaller parties appear to have stalled.<br/> <br/> Maliki won the vote in Baghdad -- taking 26 seats compared to Allawi's 24 -- in what was the second national election in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led ouster of dictator Saddam Hussein.</p> </div> </div> <div class="article-footer"> <div class="facebook"> <iframe class="frame-fb" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110819184135if_/http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/03/107548.html/&layout=standard&show_faces=true&width=450&action=recommend&colorscheme=light&height=80" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true"></iframe> 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