Maliki held a wide lead Saturday in early results from Baghdad, the major prize in parliamentary elections Iraqis hope will stabilize a nation riven by years of sectarian warfare. The Iraqi National Alliance (INA), a fellow Shiite bloc that has close ties to Iran, trailed by a wide margin in the Iraqi capital, while the secularist, cross-sectarian Iraqiya list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was a close third. Here's more about Maliki: __
