Iraq issues law giving Baathists jobs back
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Iraq's presidency council said on Sunday a measure that would give thousands of former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party their old jobs back had become law, finalizing a key piece of legislation sought by Washington.
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US President George W Bush backs an Iraqi law to allow Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life.
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The Iraqi cabinet approves a draft law allowing Iraq's oil revenues to be split between ethnic groups.
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A new Iraqi flag Â stripped of the three green stars of Saddam Hussein's toppled Baath party Â was hoisted over the Iraqi Cabinet building Tuesday in a symbolic break with the past nearly five years after the U.S.-led invasion.
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Talks aimed at curbing bloodshed are under way attended by representatives of various groups in Iraq.
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Iraqi officials said Friday that a U.S.-backed draft oil law will soon be returned to the Cabinet for approval after Kurds agreed to a compromise revenue-sharing measure. But they said many key sticking points remain unresolved &#151; and not even addressed &#151; in the watered-down legislation.
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Roughly a dozen Iraqi journalists have been charged under a new set of laws criminalizing speech against the government.
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The measure, which will allow some former officials from the Baath Party to apply for government positions, is the first of the so-called political benchmark measures to pass after months of U.S. pressure for progress.
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Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to ease restrictions on mostly Sunni Arab members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party returning to public life, one of the main political benchmarks set by the United States.
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Despite Sunni objections, Shiite lawmakers are pushing legislation that would carve Iraq into largely autonomous regions.
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A draft law allowing Iraq's oil revenues to be split between ethnic groups is sent for a vote in the country's parliament.
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BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 -- Iraq's top five political leaders announced an agreement Sunday night to release thousands of prisoners being held without charge and to reform the law that has kept thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's political party out of government jobs.
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The surprise return to Iraq of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the country&#39;s most powerful religious leader, may help him win back support eroded by a radical Shi&#39;ite uprising.
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The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday which could see thousands of prisoners freed, one of the main demands of Sunni Arab politicians boycotting the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad.
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Iraqâs parliament passed a measure to ease restrictions on members of Saddam Husseinâs Baath party.
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Iraq's prime minister said Monday he expects the U.S. ambassador and military commander to give his government favorable marks when they report to Congress next week and predicted passage of a law soon that could return more Sunnis to government jobs.
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Iraqi authorities will try to contact some former Baath Party figures who fled the country after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime, but will not meet with those believed to be playing a key role in the insurgency, a senior official said Thursday.