Baghdad voter Mohamad el-Bayati is one of the many voters who say security was a key issue in making his choice.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

Political tensions have heightened in Iraq because its newly-elected parliament is still deadlocked over a choice for a new prime minister and government, nearly five months after the parliamentary election in March.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

And faced with the high tuition costs at private Islamic schools, many Muslim parents elect,in the end, to home school their children - a choice,Haddad notes, often made as well by families of other religious faiths.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12