Iraq vote panel invalidates 52 candidates

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BAGHDAD, Apr 26 (AFP): An Iraqi judicial panel has invalidated the candidatures of 52 people who stood in Iraq's March 7 general election, a spokesman for a controversial investigative committee told AFP Monday.
"Their participation in the election is considered cancelled," said Ali Mahmud, spokesman for the justice and accountability panel chaired by former deputy prime minister Ahmed Chalabi.
"The appeal panel has rejected appeals from the 52 candidates which the justice and accountability panel discovered," Mahmud said.