Interim Iraqi Government Convenes for First Time
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The interim Iraqi national assembly convened for the first time today as Iraq took a small and tentative step toward representative government.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In his first speech before the interim national assembly, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday gave a sobering account of the threat posed by the insurgency, saying Iraq&#39;s instability is a &quot;source of worry for many people&quot; and that the
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CAIRO -- The Iraqi government and Arab countries have broken into bitter squabbling ahead of a Baghdad conference tomorrow that the United States had hoped would finally unite them in efforts to stabilize the war-torn nation.
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It was the first meeting between opposing political leaders since the elections that plunged the country into chaos.
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Iraq s interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi met on Sunday with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, for talks likely to be dominated by the need to improve security before Iraq s January elections.
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Iraq's interim government on Sunday  declared a state of emergency for 60 days, the spokesman for  interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi announced.
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Nepal will form a new interim government that will include communist rebels, who have waged a decade-long insurgency that has killed 13,000 people in this Himalayan nation, the elusive rebel leader said Friday after meeting with the prime minister.
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TONY JONES: Well, in Iraq, both Washington and the interim government are heralding an agreement that could end months of fighting in Baghdad&#39;s restive Shia suburb of Sadr City.
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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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Saddam Hussein has his first meeting with a member of his family-appointed legal team in Baghdad.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance, fresh  from winning landmark elections, gathered Monday to choose a  candidate for prime minister and the allies it needs after  failing to win an absolute majority.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government says it is determined to hold elections as scheduled at the end of January, despite demands from several political groups for
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The interim prime minister of Iraq, Ayad Allawi, met here today with Sunni Arab leaders to try to persuade them to take part in the Iraqi elections planned for late next month.
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Delegates at Iraq&#39;s national conference are voting on a new council that will oversee the interim government. Several delegates went to the holy city of Najaf to try to end an uprising there, but they returned without having met the leader of the ...
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Countries taking part in the conference on Iraq differ on how to assist the nation, but they strongly support the interim government&#39;s efforts
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Talks aimed at countering security crisis begin with heated exchange, Iraqi official says.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government has declared a 60-day state of emergency across the country, except for the Kurdish north. The move was announced by a spokesman for interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.