MPs to vote on US security pact Wednesday after stormy debate
After many hours of debate over a security pact that would see US forces leaving Iraq in 2011, Iraqi MPs are set to vote on the deal on Wednesday.
Thousands of Sadr followers protest US-Iraq security pact
Iraqi forces shut streets in Baghdad and placed snipers on rooftops as thousands of followers of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in the capital to protest against a pact allowing US troops to remain for three more years.
US troop withdrawal 'should be conditions-based'
The US troop withdrawal from Iraq, according to which troops will pull out by end of 2011, should be conditions-based, US military chief Admiral Michael Mullen said a day after the Iraqi cabinet approved a deal with the US.
No love lost in Jerusalem mayoral race
In this edition: Nir Barkat elected new Jerusalem mayor after a hard-fought battle, smuggling goes above board in Gaza tunnels, and Christians flee Mosul in Iraq.
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