Iraqi Parties Reach Deal Postponing Federalism
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 24 -- Iraq's fractious political parties reached a deal Sunday meant to prevent the country from splintering into a federation of three autonomous zones until at least 2008.
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Baghdad (BBC) -- Several leading Iraqi political parties have called for the national elections scheduled for 30 January to be delayed.
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Iraq's parliament again delayed debate   of a divisive bill on federalism on Tuesday after a fresh wave   of violence killed 50 people and the United Nations warned that   Iraq could descend into civil war.
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BAGHDAD -- Taking a halting step toward a democratic government, Iraqi political and religious leaders selected an interim national assembly yesterday that includes representatives from many of the parties that control the current government.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government could be within days of reaching what a US official calls a &quot;breakthrough&quot; deal to end fighting for control of Sadr City, a Shiite slum on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad.
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The Iraqi government says it has reached an agreement to end weeks of clashes in the Sadr City district of Baghdad between Shi&#39;ite fighters and American forces.
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BAGHDAD -- Legislation to manage Iraq's oil industry won Cabinet approval yesterday and could go before parliament for ratification within days, but political wrangling raised the possibility of delays in passing the long-stalled measure.
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The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election, and a spokesman for the majority Shiite community called the date &quot;nonnegotiable
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Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders sign a deal aimed at curbing sectarian violence, Iraq's prime minister says.
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Shi'ites may have won the lion's share  of the vote in Iraq's elections but the main alliance will  still have to find new allies if it wants a majority in the new  parliament and to secure passage of a new constitution.  And while Sunni Arabs, who for decades provided Iraq's ruling  elite, failed to win more than a slither of the vote and will  be marginalized in the National Assembly, they still have to be  brought on board for the constitution to be agreed.
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The interim Iraqi national assembly convened for the first time today as Iraq took a small and tentative step toward representative government.
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Iraq's parliament took tentative steps   on Tuesday to resolve a deadlock over autonomous regions, an   issue that has split its politicians on sectarian lines, as   fresh clashes erupted in southern Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Seventeen Iraqi political parties demanded postponement of the Jan. 30 elections for at least six months until the government is capable of securing polling places.
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Iraqi leaders hope to flesh out a deal to end sectarian bloodshed in Baghdad when they meet again on Tuesday but conceded a four-point plan, drafted under U.S. pressure, was still a long way short on vital substance.
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Aides to the country&#39;s most powerful Shiite leader said they had reached a tentative agreement Thursday to end the three-week siege in this holy Shiite city, following a day
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Iraqi leaders broke a rancorous   stalemate over plans for regional autonomy on Sunday by   agreeing to put off any final decision for at least 18 months   on an issue many fear might tear the country apart in sectarian   civil war.
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Iraqi lawmakers again put off a   divisive debate on federalism that was set for Tuesday after a   fresh wave of violence killed 50 people and prompted a warning   from the United Nations that Iraq was descending into civil   war.