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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani announced Tuesday that the country's constitution is in its final stages and could be finalized by the end of July, ahead of the August 15 deadline . The early...

Echoing earlier predictions , Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told a gathering of Shiite clerics Thursday that Iraq's new constitution "will be done on schedule". The constitutional commission charged with drafting the charter needs to...

Iraqi prime minister spokesman Laith Kuba said during a press conference Sunday that the Sunni community's lack of experience in the political arena is a weak link in drafting the new constitution since this is the first time they...

A Iraqi Sunni leader concerned with low Sunni representation on the committee charged with drafting Iraq’s new constitution reiterated Saturday that Sunnis will suspend work on the document if the make-up of the committee is not...

The leading Sunni Muslim political grouping in Iraq rejected the Shiite-led Iraqi government's offer of an additional 13 seats on the country's constitutional committee Friday, sticking to its demand for 25 seats and threatening to boycott negotiations...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Thursday that the trial of Saddam Hussein will commence in a "matter of months" and Hussein may face the death penalty if convicted in a fair trial. The death sentence...

In response to Sunni demands for a greater role in crafting Iraq's new constitution, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani announced Thursday that Sunnis will be given as many as 25 new seats on the committee with...

Saddam Hussein's morale has dropped due to the the magnitude of the charges against him and the fact that his trial will be before an impartial court, according to Judge Raid Juhi of the Iraqi Special Tribunal...

Former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein could face trial for war crimes within two months according to comments made Tuesday by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in a CNN interview. Talabani said that the Iraqi people...

Jordan's King Abdullah announced Thursday that he was willing to review the 1992 conviction of Ahmad Chalabi , sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court to 22 years of hard labor for embezzling funds from Petra...