After Recount in Iraq, no Changes

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Via the BBC:  Baghdad election results upheld by election commission

"The number of the seats are still the same and didn’t change," electoral official Qassim al-Abboudi told reporters, adding that the recount’s outcome was compatible with the original results announced in March

Now a governing coalition has to formed, as no party has a majority of seats.  The likely outcome is the return to the PMship by Iyad Allawi, whose bloc holds a two seat advantage over that of sitting PM Nouri Maliki.