Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Obama urges 'inclusive government' in Iraq (AP)
• Sunni walkout mars Iraq parliament session (AP)
• Maliki to form cabinet after MP walk-out (AFP)
• US welcomes Iraq government deal as ' big step' (AFP)
• UN: Iraqi Mandaeans hard to resettle in 1 place (AP)
• Tumultuous parliamentary session threatens Iraq's fragile, new government (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Iraq breaks impasse as Maliki to form government (Reuters)
• Return of Iraq's al-Maliki points to PM's tenacity (AP)
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• Iraq timeline: Key events since 2003 invasion (AP)
• France defends reception of wounded Iraqis (AFP)
• Sunni Arab MP named Iraq parliament speaker (AFP)
• Iraqi parliament seats distribution (AP)
• Iraq agrees on new government after 8-month impasse (Reuters)
• Iraq's Christians Vow to Survive -- With Muslim Help (Time.com)
• Power-sharing deal clinched in Iraq: party officials (AFP)
• Iraqi official: leaders have framework to form new government (The Christian Science Monitor)

Obama urges 'inclusive government' in Iraq (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 05:18 PM PST AP - President Barack Obama is urging Iraqi leaders involved in a fragile power-sharing deal to aim for an "inclusive government" for the country.

Sunni walkout mars Iraq parliament session (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:47 PM PST AP - Iraq's president gave Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the nod to form the next government Thursday after an eight-month deadlock, keeping him in his post despite a dramatic Sunni walkout from parliament that demonstrated the deep distrust between the two sides.

Maliki to form cabinet after MP walk-out (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:32 PM PST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was to begin forming his cabinet Friday, eight months after elections and a day after an acrimonious meeting of MPs over claims a power-sharing had been violated.

US welcomes Iraq government deal as ' big step' (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:31 PM PST AFP - The United States on Thursday hailed a power-sharing agreement in Iraq as a major step toward forming a cross-sectarian government that would prevent a return to ethnic violence.

UN: Iraqi Mandaeans hard to resettle in 1 place (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:19 PM PST AP - A United Nations refugee official says no single country wants to take all the Iraqi Mandaean (man-DAY'-an) refugees who seek to resettle, and acknowledges that's putting the tiny religious group at risk.

Tumultuous parliamentary session threatens Iraq's fragile, new government (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 02:25 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Iraq’s Parliament ended a political crisis Thursday that left the country without a new government for a record eight months, but the tumultuous first session laid bare the deep divisions with the emerging governing coalition.

Iraq breaks impasse as Maliki to form government (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:57 PM PST Reuters - Shi'ite Nuri al-Maliki was re-nominated as Iraqi prime minister on Thursday as fractious politicians ended an eight-month deadlock that raised fears of renewed sectarian warfare.

Return of Iraq's al-Maliki points to PM's tenacity (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PST AP - Barely five years ago, mentioning Nouri al-Maliki's name would have stirred little or no interest in Iraq's corridors of power. Since then, he's been maligned by Sunnis for his hard-line religious stance and by fellow Shiites for a decision to crack down on militia violence.

(AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:16 PM PST AP - Iraqi president formally requests Nouri al-Maliki form the next government.

Iraq timeline: Key events since 2003 invasion (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:18 AM PST AP - A timeline of key events in Iraq, beginning with the 2003 U.S.-led invasion up to the Nov. 11 parliament session that signals first steps to forming a new government:

France defends reception of wounded Iraqis (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:31 AM PST AFP - France's immigration minister Thursday defended his decision to bring to France those wounded in an attack at a Baghdad church, after Iraq warned against encouraging Christians to abandon their homeland.

Sunni Arab MP named Iraq parliament speaker (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:04 AM PST AFP - Sunni Arab lawmaker Osama al-Nujaifi was on Thursday elected speaker of parliament, a crucial first step in ending the eight-month-long impasse of no new Iraqi government since elections in March.

Iraqi parliament seats distribution (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 07:12 AM PST AP - A look at the distribution of seats in Iraq's parliament for various parties and alliances, based on vote returns from the March 7 parliamentary elections.

Iraq agrees on new government after 8-month impasse (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:27 AM PST Reuters - Iraq's main factions have agreed on the top three political posts, ending an eight-month deadlock that had raised the specter of renewed sectarian violence, Kurdish regional president Masoud Barzani said on Thursday.

Iraq's Christians Vow to Survive -- With Muslim Help (Time.com) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:50 AM PST Time.com - After the horrific church invasion on Halloween, Baghdad's Christians suffer another day of assaults. But they have also won the sympathy of their Muslim countrymen

Power-sharing deal clinched in Iraq: party officials (AFP) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 11:17 PM PST AFP - Iraq's deeply divided political factions have reached a power-sharing deal more than eight months after inconclusive general elections, the government spokesman and a top politician said on Thursday.

Iraqi official: leaders have framework to form new government (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:07 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi political leaders have reached the framework of an agreement for a new government that would end the country’s eight month-long political deadlock, a senior Iraqi official said late on Wednesday.

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