Iraqi leader prepares to name ministers
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday he may soon be ready to name the two men who will be charged with carrying out his pledge to take over security for Iraq within 18 months.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was   expected to present a national reconciliation plan to   parliament on Sunday aimed at defusing the Sunni insurgency and   tackling sectarian violence, political sources said.
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Iraqi leaders have agreed on a unity   government to be presented to parliament on Saturday,   negotiators said on Friday, adding that the key interior and   defense ministry portfolios would be filled later.
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Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is in Jordan for meetings with Iraqi Sunni leaders, including some opposed to US-led efforts to build a new Iraqi society.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is due to meet Iran's supreme leader in Tehran on the second day of a key visit.
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Some of Saddam Hussein's top lieutenants  will appear next month before a special Iraqi tribunal set up  to try them for crimes against humanity, Iraqi Deputy Prime  Minister Barham Salih said Monday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Judicial proceedings will begin next week against some of the most senior leaders under former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister said Tuesday in a surprising announcement that put the past government&#39;s crimes
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Baghdad -- Judicial proceedings will begin next week against some of the most senior leaders under former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister said Tuesday in a surprising announcement that put the past government&#39;s crimes before
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Also, IraqÂs prime minister was quoted as saying he would call for a regional conference to search for solutions to the violence in Iraq.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Bush will discuss the transition when they meet in Jordan this week.
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Iraq will put some of Saddam Hussein&#39;s lieutenants on trial next week, a month before an election many hope will lay the ghosts of his regime, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced on Tuesday.
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Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri   al-Maliki will make his first official visit to neighboring   Iran on Monday to discuss political and security issues, an   Iraqi government spokesman said on Saturday.
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, assured Iraq's leaders of continued British support on Monday as he made a flying visit to Baghdad to "listen and learn" before he takes office later this month.
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Tony Blair arrives in Baghdad to hold talks with Iraqi government ministers as part of his tour of the Middle East.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gives a keynote speech on government policy and the challenges facing Iraq before its elections to members of the Iraqi National Assembly in Baghdad, October 18.
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Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, arrived in Iraq on Monday for his first visit since it was confirmed he was taking over the premiership from Tony Blair on June 27, Iraqi state television said.
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Iraq&#039;s new prime minister has made security his top priority, but violence is so pervasive that it may take months &amp;#151; if not years &amp;#151; before he keep that promise without help from American troops.