Iraq eases restrictions on Baathists
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Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to let members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party return to public life, winning Washington's swift praise for meeting a benchmark aimed at reconciling warring sects.
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The government said Wednesday it would ban travel between provinces and extend the hours of a curfew as part of heightened security before Iraq's weekend elections.
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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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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday his government had stopped Iraq sliding into civil war and pledged his commitment to reconciling the country's majority Shi'ites and Sunni Arabs.
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Iraq's Shiite-led government declared Saturday that after restive areas are calmed it will disband Sunni groups battling Islamic extremists because it does not want them to become a separate military force.
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Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki presented   a national reconciliation plan to parliament on Sunday to curb   Iraq's sectarian killing and the Sunni insurgency that has   crippled post-war reconstruction.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi admits for the first time that violence will prevent parts of Iraq voting in elections.
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BAGHDAD, Jan.12 -- The Iraqi parliament on Saturday approved legislation that would reform the process for allowing members of the Baath Party to return to government jobs and collect their pensions, an important achievement for the divided parliament on an issue that is still regarded with raw...
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The Iraqi government replaced the top security commission in the country's second-largest city because of suspected links to Shiite militias as authorities prepare for British forces to reduce their presence in southern Iraq, officials said Monday.
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Iraq's parliament agreed on Monday to   set up a body to draft constitutional changes, a key part of a   breakthrough deal reached by the country's factions to end   political paralysis and avoid civil war.
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Iraq's parliament on Wednesday passed three key pieces of legislation that set a date for provincial elections, allot $48 billion for 2008 spending, and provide limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody.
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BANGKOK -- Thailand's new military rulers tightened their grip yesterday, restricting political activities, assuming legislative powers and detaining some allies of the deposed prime minister.
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Authorities in the Iraqi capital Baghdad lift a curfew imposed after intelligence revealed a planned series of attacks.
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Iraqi MPs pass three important laws after weeks of delays and brinkmanship between rival factions.
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Iraq's government said on Tuesday it had closed its borders with Syria and Iran and extended the hours of a night curfew in Baghdad under a U.S.- backed security plan to rein in violence in the capital.
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At Iraq's polls, once persecuted Kurds won prominence in new assembly.
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission is considering setting aside seats in the country&#39;s national assembly for Sunni Arab politicians and