Iraq eases restrictions on Baathists
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Iraq's parliament passed a law on Saturday to let members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party return to public life, winning Washington's swift praise for meeting a benchmark aimed at reconciling warring sects.
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Iraq said Tuesday it would shut its  land borders and bar traffic from getting close to voting  centers over the Jan. 30 polls to try to thwart attacks, as  insurgents targeted a Shi'ite party with a suicide bomb.
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Iraq's parliament agreed on Monday to   set up a body to draft constitutional changes, a key part of a   breakthrough deal reached by the country's factions to end   political paralysis and avoid civil war.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 2 -- Iraq's prime minister announced a new plan Monday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months.
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Iraq announced plans on Tuesday to close its borders with Iran and Syria and lengthen a night curfew on vehicles in new emergency measures to try to curb unrelenting violence in Baghdad.
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Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to let thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party return to government jobs, winning praise from Washington for achieving a benchmark step toward reconciling warring sects.
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election. Talk of delaying the election gained momentum after influential Sunni Muslim politicians urged the
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Iraq's presidency council issued a law Sunday that will allow thousands of Saddam Hussein-era officials to return to government jobs, legislation viewed by the Bush administration as central to mending deep fissures between minority Sunni Arabs and Kurds and the majority Shiites who now wield power.
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BAGHDAD, July 19 -- Iraq's largest Sunni political group announced Thursday that it will end its boycott of parliament, returning the legislative body to full strength for the first time in five weeks.
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Iraq's interim prime minister went to Jordan on Tuesday for meetings with tribal figures and other influential Iraqis in a bid to encourage Sunni Muslims to participate in the Jan. 30 elections, but he ruled out contacts with insurgent leaders and former members of Saddam Hussein's deposed regime.
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Iraq clamped tough security measures  across the country on Friday, sealing land borders and curbing  travel to foil insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's election,  but a car bomb killed four people in Baghdad.
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The measure, which will allow some former officials from Saddam Husseinâs party to apply for government positions, is the first of the political benchmark measures to pass after months of U.S. pressure for progress.
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Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, setting up more checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys for weapons.
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Iraq&#39;s plans to hold elections in January have gained traction after a Shi&#39;ite militia agreed to disarm in Baghdad and delegates from rebel-held Falluja said the Sunni Muslim city wanted to vote in the polls.
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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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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 -- Iraqi officials on Tuesday announced the temporary closure of checkpoints at the Syrian and Iranian borders, as well as an expanded nighttime curfew in the capital, as part of the new Baghdad security plan.
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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.