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Newly-elected Iraq parliament opens first session

AFP

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July 1, 2014

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Iraq's newly-elected parliament opened its first session on Tuesday to begin forming a new government following April 30 elections.
Premier Nuri al-Maliki's bloc won by far the most seats in the polls, but the incumbent's re-election bid has been battered by a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad.

Iraq’s newly-elected parliament opened its first session on Tuesday to begin forming a new government following April 30 elections.

Premier Nuri al-Maliki’s bloc won by far the most seats in the polls, but the incumbent’s re-election bid has been battered by a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad.

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