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Iraqis vote in first polls after US pulloutIraqis voted for provincial councils on Saturday in their first ballot since US troops left the country, a key measure of political strength before parliamentary elections next year. Iraqi politics are deeply split along sectarian lin More… |
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Iraqi MPs block Maliki from third termIraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday intended to block Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki from a third term, as the Shi'ite premier faced growing pressure from mass Sunni street protests. Lawmakers from Sunni, Kurdish and More… |
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Iraqis intensify protest against MalikiThousands of protesters from Iraq's Sunni minority poured onto the streets after Friday prayers in a show of force against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, keeping up a week-long blockade of a major highway. More tha More… |
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Iraq PM backs Syrians' wish for reformIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told a Syrian opposition delegation on Friday Baghdad supports the Syrian people's wish for legimate change, saying Iraq's power-sharing experience after the 2003 invasion could offer them lessons. More… |
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Sectarian fury, Syria turmoil pressure IraqA fugitive vice president condemned to death and rallying opposition to Iraq's "sectarian" prime minister, fresh bloodshed in the streets and the entire Middle East divided by religion over the war across the bord More… |
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Top Iraqi MPs threaten trust voteFour of the most senior political leaders in Iraq's fragile coalition have threatened to bring a vote of no confidence in the government unless 'autocratic decision-making' stops, a letter published in a state newspaper said. More… |
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Baghdad blasts kill 57 as tensions riseA series of blasts and a suicide bomber hit mainly Shi'ite areas in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 57 people in the first major attack on Iraq's capital since a crisis erupted between its Shi'ite-led government and Sunni rivals just days af More… |
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Maliki tells Kurds to hand over VPIraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Wednesday called on Kurdish authorities to hand Sunni Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi over to face charges his office had run death squads, a demand likely to further heighten sectarian tensi More… |
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US will stay loyal partner of Iraq: ObamaPresident Barack Obama on Monday pledged that Washington would remain a strong partner for Iraq as US troops exit by year-end, and played down the risk this departure creates a power vacuum Iran can exploit. The withdrawal of almost all US More… |
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Iraq approves new govt with Maliki as PMIraq's parliament approved Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and his new government on Tuesday, nine months after an inconclusive election left politics in limbo and delayed investments to rebuild the country after years of war. Lawmakers vote More… |
