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Will Exxon bite Baghdad offer?Exxon Mobil's top executive has met with the president of Iraqi Kurdistan after Baghdad made the US major an offer in an apparent bid to keep it operating in the south of the country, industry sources said. &nb More… |
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Al-Maliki asked to form new Iraq govtIraq's president formally asked Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Thursday to form a new government, giving him 30 days to choose a cabinet. The request from President Jalal Talabani came two weeks after political leaders reached an agr More… |
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Iraq PM wins support for new govtIraqi politicians appeared to have broken an eight-month political impasse on Wednesday when the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance agreed to take part in a new government headed by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. Maliki inched closer More… |
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Iraq PM wins support for new govtIraqi politicians appeared to have broken an eight-month political impasse on Wednesday when the Sunni-backed Iraqiya alliance agreed to take part in a new government headed by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki. Maliki inched closer More… |
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Iraq parliament to meet, Al-Maliki may form govtIraq's parliament will meet on Monday to elect a speaker, the chamber said on Wednesday, a move that could break an eight-month political deadlock and see Nuri Al-Maliki reappointed as prime minister. Iraq has been without a permanent gove More… |
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No better candidate for PM job says Al-MalikiIraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki acknowledged he was "part of the problem" holding up the formation of a new Iraq government but challenged allies and opponents to find a better candidate for the top job. Five months after an election I More… |
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Al-Maliki seeks recount, warns of violencePrime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki called for a nationwide recount of votes from Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election, warning the country could return to violence if the demand was not met. The call came after new results from the electoral c More… |
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Al-Maliki leads Iraq vote in two provincesPreliminary results from Iraq's national election began to trickle in on Thursday, showing Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki ahead in the country's largely Shi'ite south. Preliminary results from the electo More… |
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62pc turnout in Iraq vote; Al-Maliki claims leadTurnout in Iraq's parliamentary election on Sunday was 62 percent, lower than a previous national vote in December 2005 but higher than in last year's provincial ballot, the electoral commission said. Preliminary results wer More… |
