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Iraqi government spokesman Laith Kubba Sunday confirmed earlier reports that Saddam Hussein and several associates would face trial before the Iraqi Special Tribunal October 19 for the execution of 143 Shiite residents of...

Three convicted murders were executed in Iraq Thursday, marking the first time the death penalty has been used since Saddam Hussein lost power in 2003. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani opposes the death...

US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad said Tuesday that there could be further changes to the draft Iraqi constitution . Khalilzad told reporters that he believes "that a final, final draft has not...

Sunni Arab negotiators met with Iraqi parliament speaker Hajim al-Hassani Saturday and presented him with a counter-proposal to the Iraqi draft constitution . A meeting with the US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad was also planned for...

AP is reporting that as the deadline on Thursday's one-day extension for an Iraqi constitutional accord expires early Saturday morning local time in Baghdad a Sunni Arab negotiator has said no agreement has been reached with Shiites and Kurds...

Following a one-day extension in negotiations on the Iraqi constitution , the speaker of the National Assembly said Friday that if consensus cannot be reached by the end of the day, the draft...

Complete text of the draft Iraqi constitution, as translated from the Arabic by the Associated Press :PREAMBLECHAPTER ONE: BASIC PRINCIPLESCHAPTER TWO: RIGHTS AND FREEDOMSPART ONE: RIGHTSPART TWO: FREEDOMSCHAPTER THREE: THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIESPART ONE: THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITYPART TWO:...

Humam Hammoudi, head of Iraq's constitutional drafting committee , told reporters Tuesday that it was unlikely that the three additional days provided by the National Assembly to settle differences over the charter would be sufficient...

In a letter written by Saddam Hussein to a Jordanian and delivered through the offices of the International Committee of the Red Cross the former Iraqi president, facing trial this fall and possible execution, says that he will be...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Thursday praised the Iraqi Special Tribunal , a court created to try Saddam Hussein and his allies, and vowed to protect members from purges because of...