Iraq lifts curbs on Saddam allies
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Iraqi MPs approve a bill to allow officials from ex-leader Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.
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ANKARA, Turkey -- The war over the war is almost over. Courtesy of the large turnout in Iraq's election a week ago, the United States and key European allies are beginning to make up after two years of bitterly strained relations over the US invasion of Iraq.
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Developments concerning Iraq on Thursday:
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The shift could resolve a significant threat to Iraq's stability and provide a boost to the interim government.
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Britain put Iraqis in command of the main Iraqi army unit in Basra on Tuesday, a move billed as paving the way for Washington's main ally to formally announce major cutbacks in troops.
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The Bush administration signaled differences Tuesday with some of the recommendations of a commission exploring new approaches in Iraq but said there was support for many of the proposals as well.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - The United States and  its allies on Monday found common cause with opponents of the  invasion of Iraq, encouraging Iraq to hold elections on time in  January even as some Arab states floated the idea of a delay.
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Saddam Hussein hid behind ambiguities and evasions about whether Iraq possessed illicit weapons, partly as a deterrent to Iran.
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Both Iraqi unity and global engagement may get a boost.
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The White House has scrapped its list of Iraq allies known as the 45-member "coalition of the willing," which Washington used to back its argument that the 2003 invasion was a multilateral action, an official said on Friday.
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc has ended its boycott of the Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday, in a positive sign for the country's faltering attempts at national reconciliation.
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Both Iraq's National Library and the Iraq Museum are recovering from the war with international help.
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Iraq's cabinet approved changes to a draft oil law on Tuesday, taking a big step towards meeting a key political target for national reconciliation set by the United States.
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AMMAN - Saddam Hussein, Iraq&#39;s jailed former dictator, was allowed to meet with a lawyer on Thursday for the first time since his arrest a year ago.
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Iraq's top Shi'ite, Sunni Arab and Kurdish political leaders announced on Sunday they had reached consensus on some key measures seen as vital to fostering national reconciliation.
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Key figures about Iraq since the war began in March 2003
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc will end its boycott of the Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday, in a positive sign for the country's faltering attempts at national reconciliation.