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Nuri Kamal al-Maliki

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US nervous as Maliki reaches out to pro-Iranian groups

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After months of uncertainty, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has been nominated to a second term. Though this sign of stability in the Iraqi government might otherwise be a relief for the United States, the State Department is unnerved.

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Tareq Aziz, top Saddam Hussein aide, sentenced to death

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