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At a time of uncertainty in Iraq, Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's final wish was for national unity, according to his son.
A funeral procession for a senior Iraqi Shiite leader wound through the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.
One of Iraq's top Shiite leaders died Wednesday after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, a senior official with his office told CNN.
Iraq's main Shiite parties Monday announced the formation of a new alliance that excludes the prime minister -- at least for now.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition won most of the provinces in last week's local elections, and an underdog prevailed in Anbar, the largely Sunni Arab province, election officials said Thursday.
Voting in Iraqi provincial elections ended peacefully Saturday evening, and the mood was festive in some places, unlike the violence, intimidation and apathy that marked the balloting in 2005.
About 300 Shiites rallied Saturday in the southern city of Basra against a security pact being negotiated that allows U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years
Parliament breaks the deadlock on an electoral law by postponing resolution on the key sticking point of Kirkuk
While waiting for the much-delayed provincial polls, many Iraqis doubt they'll solve pressing water and power problems
Recent deadly clashes in Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City represent Shiite-vs.-Shiite political maneuvering ahead of Iraqi provincial elections, analysts say.
At a time of uncertainty in Iraq, Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim's final wish was for national unity, according to his son.
A funeral procession for a senior Iraqi Shiite leader wound through the streets of Tehran, the Iranian capital, on Thursday.
One of Iraq's top Shiite leaders died Wednesday after a lengthy battle with lung cancer, a senior official with his office told CNN.
Iraq's main Shiite parties Monday announced the formation of a new alliance that excludes the prime minister -- at least for now.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition won most of the provinces in last week's local elections, and an underdog prevailed in Anbar, the largely Sunni Arab province, election officials said Thursday.
Voting in Iraqi provincial elections ended peacefully Saturday evening, and the mood was festive in some places, unlike the violence, intimidation and apathy that marked the balloting in 2005.
About 300 Shiites rallied Saturday in the southern city of Basra against a security pact being negotiated that allows U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years
Parliament breaks the deadlock on an electoral law by postponing resolution on the key sticking point of Kirkuk
While waiting for the much-delayed provincial polls, many Iraqis doubt they'll solve pressing water and power problems
Recent deadly clashes in Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City represent Shiite-vs.-Shiite political maneuvering ahead of Iraqi provincial elections, analysts say.
A proposed election law could hurt the popular political movement of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- whose Mehdi Army militia followers have been battling U.S. and Iraqi troops in Baghdad's Sadr City.
Violence raged for a fourth straight day in Baghdad's Sadr City, leaving 20 more Iraqis dead on Wednesday.
Analysis: A setback to key legislation reveals fissures in the Shi'a establishment but also holds out the promise of negotiated compromise
The radical Shi'ite leader extends the cease-fire that has helped reduce violence. But is he just keeping his powder dry?
The warlord is threatening to lift his cease-fire against American forces, Sunnis and his Shi'ite rivals. The U.S. says it's not worried, but perhaps it should be
Their handover of the city is another opportunity for the US to wash its hands of a "mess" for which it has no solution
The surge has tamped down sectarian violence, but armed Shi'ite factions are using the calm to maneuver for advantage in the south
Along with a brewing Shi'a civil war, officials in Diwaniyah are seeing an influx of al-Qaeda and Sunni insurgent elements
As US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacy
With sentiment growing that Iraq's Prime Minister needs to be replaced, the potential successors inspire little confidence
A roadside bomb Monday killed the governor of the predominantly Shiite Muthanna province, police said, the second assassination of a top provincial official in just over a week
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