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New Iraqi Prime Minister Aiming For Unity
April 25, 2006
Prime Minister-Designate Jawad al-Maliki (right) on April 22 (AFP)
Al-Maliki says he is working on choosing a cabinet, which will share power among Shi'ite Muslims, Sunni Arabs, and Kurds in a bid to end a Sunni insurgency and sectarian violence.
A wave of car bombs killed at least eight people and wounded nearly 80 in Baghdad yesterday, underlining fears that continued violence could drag the country into a full-scale civil war.
Two car bombs near Baghdad's Mustansiriya University killed at least five people and wounded 25. A car bomb near the Health Ministry killed three people and wounded 25.
In another development, 32 bodies of Iraqi police and security forces were discovered in two areas of Baghdad.
(Reuters, AP)