Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq: Moving Toward a New Government, More Instability (Time.com)
• Shiite agreement gives Iraq's clerics greater say (AP)
• Iraqi Airways workers protest Kuwaiti 'provocation' (AFP)
• Iraq's Shiite parties edge out Sunni-backed coalition (AFP)
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Iraq: Moving Toward a New Government, More Instability (Time.com) Posted: 05 May 2010 03:45 PM PDT Time.com - A new Shi'ite political pact could break the post election deadlock and form a new government, but shutting out the Sunnis may stoke new violence

Shiite agreement gives Iraq's clerics greater say (AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 01:23 PM PDT AP - An agreement to form an alliance between Iranian-backed Shiite blocs gives the final say on political disputes to Iraq's top clerics, solidifying a role for the Shiite religious leadership in the country's likely new government.

Iraqi Airways workers protest Kuwaiti 'provocation' (AFP) Posted: 05 May 2010 11:46 AM PDT AFP - Around 200 Iraqi Airways employees demonstrated at Baghdad International Airport Wednesday over Kuwait's recent "provocation" in a two-decade-long legal dispute.

Iraq's Shiite parties edge out Sunni-backed coalition (AFP) Posted: 05 May 2010 09:31 AM PDT AFP - Iraq inched towards a new government Wednesday with power set to be vested once more in the hands of Shiite religious parties that have close ties to Iran, pushing Sunni-backed secularists to the margins.

(AP) Posted: 05 May 2010 04:22 AM PDT AP - New Iraqi electoral alliance gives top Shiite clerics final say over all disputes.

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