Tense Iraq debates new assembly
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Talks on setting up an Iraqi assembly continue despite fresh violence in Baghdad and the Shia stronghold of Najaf.
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Iraqi leaders met for a second day on  Monday to pick an interim national assembly but fighting in  Najaf dominated the event, piling pressure on Prime Minister  Iyad Allawi to hold more talks with Shi'ite rebels.
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Fighting in Najaf threatened to undermine a conference to choose a national assembly.
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Representatives of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian groups discussed ways to reconcile Tuesday and end the escalating sectarian violence threatening to break up the country.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi speaks to a joint session of Congress Thursday as an increasingly violent insurgency complicates his country&#39;s plans for its first Democratic elections.
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An escalating political rift among Iraq&#39;s main religious groups and continued violence throughout the country are threatening parliamentary elections set for January.
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The debate in Washington over troop numbers is intense. But in Baghdad, there's been little sense of alarm or urgency among the Iraqi politicians who would have the most to lose if the United States decides to begin a major pull back.
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Political leaders in the capital struggled to reach a deal that would end the fight over splitting Iraq into autonomous states.
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Talks aimed at curbing bloodshed are under way attended by representatives of various groups in Iraq.
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Iraq's fractious ethnic and religious parliamentary groups agreed Sunday to open debate on a contentious Shiite-proposed draft legislation that will allow the creation of federal regions in Iraq, politicians said.
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Iraq's parliament might take a week to start debating a landmark draft oil law, officials said on Wednesday, as complaints from Kurdish authorities and Sunni Arab politicians signaled its passage could be rocky.
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Attempts to pass a key oil law sought by the U.S. were snarled once more Wednesday by deep differences among Iraq's Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders, delaying parliament debate despite the prime minister's claims of a breakthrough.
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Iraq has chosen January 30 for its first democratic election in decades but violence in Sunni Muslim areas is underlining the challenge of holding polls on time.
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As Congress prepares to debate Iraq, a disagreement between two leading Democrats resurrects some of the toughest questions facing the nation.
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Iraq's prime minister saw his support erode on two fronts today as a White House memo questioned his leadership and a powerful political bloc suspended participation in Iraq's government.
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Iraqi political and religious leaders  resumed meeting on Wednesday to select an interim national  assembly after a row the day before over who should be on it  forced a postponement.
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U.S. and Iraqi officials are questioning if Nuri Kamal al-Maliki can keep Iraq from descending into civil war.