Some are already serving in government but spoke about a need for more women to serve and to lead in forming new democracies in the Middle East.

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This is a risky strategy, with Congress counting on winning enough seats to take the lead in forming a coalition, which its currently-piqued allies will then join.

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Now these meetings that will take place throughout Iraq will basically lead up to forming an Iraqi interim authority.

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But analysts see little hope of forming a stable coalition to lead the EU's poorest state.

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