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The US has circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution that would extend the UN mandate of the 180,000-strong multinational force currently in Iraq for another year. The US-led force was originally...

Khalil Dulaimi, defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein , announced Tuesday that he plans to ask the Iraqi Special Tribunal for an immediate three-month adjournment in the first trial against Hussein so the...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari complained to reporters Monday about the delay in bringing Saddam Hussein to trial, but denied trying to encourage the Iraqi Special Tribunal JURIST [official website; news...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani , a Kurd, called for the resignation of Shiite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari Sunday. Talabani blamed the Shiite-led United Iraqi Alliance for the country's...

US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has started new negotiations with Shiites and Kurds in a last-ditch attempt to achieve a political compromise on the provisions of the draft Iraqi constitution creating a federal...

The defense lawyer for Saddam Hussein has filed a motion petitioning the Iraqi High Criminal Court, previously called the Iraqi Special Tribunal , to delay the first of Hussein's several expected trials set to begin...

President Bush urged Sunni Arabs on Tuesday to embrace the proposed Iraqi constitution in an effort to bring peace to a country on the verge of civil war. When asked about a Sunni negotiator's warning that...

A spokesperson for Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari said Sunday that Iraq's constitutional committee may seek more time to work on the draft constitution if they cannot meet Monday's deadline to submit the document...

Kurdish officials discussed dropping their demand for a constitutional right to secede Saturday, as negotiations continued on the drafting of the Iraqi constitution . Kurds have faced opposition to their demand for self-determination from various...

Sunni Arab negotiators working on Iraq's draft constitution continue to refuse to compromise their demands for a strong central government in Iraq , fearing that federalism will divide the country. While the Supreme Council for...