Iraq parliament confirms Maliki as prime minister

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Iraq parliament confirms Maliki as prime minister

BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament approved Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister on Tuesday, giving the Shia leader a second term as Iraq tries to cement fragile security gains and build its fledgling democracy.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Tue 21 Dec 2010, 7:27 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 6:44 AM

Iraqis had been waiting for a new government for more than nine months since a March parliamentary election that failed to produce a clear winner and displayed the depth of Iraq's ethnic and sectarian divisions. Months of political squabbling ensued.


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