News Source: BBC
| 4 days ago
In theory, the crisis generated by Mr Hashemi's veto could be resolved swiftly, allowing the law to be amended by parliament and endorsed by the presidency, and an election date promulgated...Mr Hashemi said that during the 10 days of intensive to-
News Source: Washington Post
| 5 days ago
Sunni Arabs and Kurds - both of whom are effectively demanding the allocation of more seats in the next parliament, which is almost assured of having a Shiite Muslim majority. On Tuesday, Kurdish officials threatened to boycott the vote in the three
News Source: United Press International
| 5 days ago
Iraqi residents in the Kurdish provinces will boycott the January parliamentary elections unless the allocation of seats is amended, Kurdish leaders said. A three-member Iraqi presidential council threatened recently to veto amendments to a 2005