Iraq Parliament Deadlocked, Postpones Next Session

Iraq's deadlocked parliament has postponed its next session until mid-August, unable to decide how to split political power even as Baghdad faces a militant Islamic insurgency that has edged close to the capital. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told Western leaders last month a new government would be formed early in July.  But Monday, parliament put off its next session until August 12 in hopes of resolving who should fill the country's top three...

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