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Iraqi parliament delays opening
3/11/2006
Iraq's parliament has postponed its first sitting by a week as parties continue to argue over who should take the country's top political posts, reports BBC.
Sunday's sitting was put back amid deadlock over the posts of prime minister, president and speaker.
The Shia alliance which won most seats in the December election does not want a sitting until agreement is reached.
But potential coalition partners reject its candidate for prime minister - the incumbent, Ibrahim Jaafari.
As the biggest bloc, United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) has the right to nominate the head of government.
Because it is 10 seats short of an overall majority it needs to find support among the other parties - the Kurds, the Sunnis and the secularists.
It may give more time, our correspondent adds, but there is no guarantee at all that a week will be enough for the problem to be solved.
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