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Iraqi president rejects provincial election law
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has rejected the provincial election law that was passed by the parliament on Tuesday, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. >>

Iraqi parliament approves key provincial election law
The Iraqi parliament approved an important election bill on Tuesday, despite the walk-out of lawmakers of the Kurdish coalition bloc, Iraqi official television reported. >>

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Iraq eyes U.S. pullout by 2010 amid Obama visit

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Brown: No artificial timetable for withdrawal from Iraq

Death toll rises to 28 in Iraq's Diyala twin suicide bombings

Death toll rises to 6 in Baghdad car bombing

Suicide truck bomb kills civilian, wounds 22 in N Iraq

In Iraq

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-	Iraqi president rejects provincial election law
-	Iraq's KRG urges presidency council to reject provincial election bill
-	Iraqi parliament approves key provincial election law
-	Iraqi parliament approves key provincial election law
-	Iraqi journalist shot dead in northern Iraq
-	Iraq eyes U.S. pullout by 2010 amid Obama visit
-	Gunmen shoot dead Iraqi tribal leader northeast Baghdad
-	U.S. soldiers kill 2 armed men relative to provincial governor
-	2 Iraqis, 8 injured killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
-	Iraqi PM denies backing Obama's withdrawal plan
-	Iraqi Sunnis return to government
-	Iraqi parliament approves candidates of Sunni ministers to Maliki's cabinet
-	Suicide car bomb kills three soldiers in N Iraq
-	Iraqi security forces capture 4 wanted criminals in S Iraq
-	Three Iraqis wounded in Baghdad bomb attack

World reactions

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-	Brown: Britain to withdraw more troops in 2009
-	Obama arrives in Jordan for visit
-	White House: U.S.-Iraq long-term strategic deal cannot be finalized this month
-	White House: U.S.-Iraq agreement not to include date of withdrawal
-	Obama arrives in Baghdad on fact-finding tour
-	Brown says Britain ready to cut troops in Iraq, but gives no timetable
-	Brown: No artificial timetable for withdrawal from Iraq
-	Maliki, Bush discuss troop withdrawal timetable over phone
-	U.S. completes pullback of Iraq "surge" troops
-	Top military officer: U.S. could withdraw more troops from Iraq this fall
-	Philippines likely to reopen embassy in Baghdad
-	U.S. mulls withdrawing more troops from Iraq in Sept.
-	U.S., Iraq scale down negotiations over long-term status-of-force agreement
-	Turkey PM says ready to help Iraq solve "difficulties"
-	Turkish PM vows to support Iraq

Analysis

-	Iraq toughens stance on U.S. troop withdrawal as UN deadline nears
-	U.S. Army study reveals poor Iraq occupation plan
-	Petraeus' call to "pause" U.S. troop withdrawal highlights daunting challenges in Iraq
-	Testimony of U.S. commander in Iraq signals no change in U.S. Iraq policy

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Backgrounder

-	Backgrounder: Basic facts about Iran-Iraq relations
-	Yearender: Iraq's reconciliation remains on rocks
-	Backgrounder: Multinational force in Iraq
-	Major bombing attacks in Iraq since March 2003

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