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Iraqi president hosts leaders to break constitution stalemate David Shucosky at 9:24 AM ET [JURIST] Iraqi President Jalal Talabani [Wikipedia profile] welcomed a diverse group of leaders to his Baghdad residence on Sunday in an effort to sort out the remaining stumbling blocks [JURIST report] in the Iraq constitution [JURIST news archive]. Talabani also met with the US ambassador, who on Saturday had cautioned Iraq against creating a hard-line Islamic state based on Islamic law with limited rights for women and minorities. Talabani said there was "no pressure" on negotiators from foreign officials. Reuters has more. Link | 
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