Ending Impasse, Iraq Parliament Backs Measures - New York Times
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BAGHDAD — Using old fashioned behind the scenes politicking, Iraq’sParliamentary leaders pushed through three divisive laws that had been held up formonths by bitter maneuvering between factions and, recently, threats to dissolve thelegislative body.The three laws are the 2008 budget, a law outlining the scope of provincial powers— a crucial aspect of Iraq’s self-definition as a federal state — and an amnesty thatwill cover thousands of the detainees held in Iraqi jails. They were put to a voteas a single package and passed Wednesday afternoon
Ending Impasse, Iraq Parliament Backs Measures - New York Times
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