In Iraq, Sunni and other political groups are demanding a new vote following last week’s national election that they say was marred with fraud. Preliminary results show the Shiite coalition the United Iraqi Alliance swept voting in 10 of Iraq’s 18 provinces with 58 percent of the vote, while the main Sunni coalition, the Iraqi Consensus Front, earned 19 percent. As expected, the Kurdistan Islamic Union captured the three dominant Kurdish areas to the north. A party headed by US-backed former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi was fourth-place, with fourteen percent. Officials say the results will not be certified until a review of over the over 1,000 electoral complaints received so far.