1. Iraqi MPs aim to heal poll rift
(Archived/News/Arab)

Iraq's parliament is to meet in an attempt to resolve the dispute over a provincial election bill labelled as a "conspiracy" by the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region.

2. Barazani denounces Saddam court
(Archived/News/Arab)

... former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on charges of genocide against the Kurds has resumed, with Masoud al-Barazani, an old enemy of Saddam's, criticising the court's performance. ...