Iraq: Lawmakers pass 3 key new laws
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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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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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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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Iraq's interior ministry says it has drafted legislation for security contractors amid the Blackwater controversy.
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WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday prepared to pass three substantial bills - spending for disaster relief and homeland security and a corporate tax bill two years in the making - freeing lawmakers to leave Washington for the campaign trail.    Passage of the three bills, already approved by the House, comes only after the concerns of several Democrats threatening to filibuster were assuaged and requiring senators to meet in a rare weekend session and on the Columbus Day holiday...
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Key figures about Iraq since the war began in March 2003
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Thursday's developments in Iraq:
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Iraq has made good strides improving security while political progress is picking up ahead of key reports to be delivered to the U.S. Congress in the next two weeks, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.
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Several important new tax laws that have passed Congress during this fall&#39;s pre-election period. Two major tax laws have been approved: the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 and the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 .
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The Iraqi Cabinet approved a draft law Monday to manage the country's vast oil industry and distribute its wealth among the population &#151; a major breakthrough in U.S. efforts to press the country's Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish groups to reach agreements to achieve stability.
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Iraq's parliament adopted legislation Saturday on the reinstatement of former Baath party supporters to government jobs, a benchmark sought by the United States as a key step toward national reconciliation.
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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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An oil law crucial to resolving political divisions in Iraq edged closer to approval after Kurds said some key issues were resolved, officials said on Sunday.
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Developments in Iraq on Thursday:
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Lawmakers in California pass a bill that would allow the state's voters to call for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
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"Slow as a turtle" was how one Iraqi lawmaker on Tuesday described Iraq's faltering progress in meeting political benchmarks set by Washington to encourage national reconciliation and end sectarian violence.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister said yesterday he expects the US 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.