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Iraq has three vice presidents, two Shiites and a Sunni, and three deputy prime ministers, a Shiite, a Sunni and a Kurd.

Too few details about the Conservative Party’s promise to ban travel to terrorism hotbeds has people like Maria Al-Masani anxious she may never see some family members again.

Reacting over Modi’s sarcastic remarks at Nitish Kumar’s alliance partner RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s experiences in jail, Bihar CM shot back, “What does he (Modi) have to say about his own house?”

On Sunday, gathering at the same square to applaud Mr. Abadi, Jaafar Taslimi called the prime minister’s moves a historic change for Iraq.

After weeks of protests demanding better government and a call by leading Shi’ite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani for tougher action, Abadi proposed cancelling Iraq’s multiple vice president and deputy prime minister positions, now shared out along...

Mr Abadi’s main rival, former prime minister and current Shia vice-president Nuri al-Maliki, backed the proposals. Arabic on poster reads ‘”The people is your Iron fist in striking the corrupt”.

Thursday’s debate could turn out to be the only time four leaders – let alone five – gather on the same stage to trade barbs in English during the campaign.

Some of his proposals have already been approved by the council of ministers but still require the parliament’s approval, while others will require changes to the country’s constitution, meaning that swift action is unlikely.

The cabinet approved the reform plan on Sunday, Abadi’s office said, but changes such as abolishing the posts would apparently require the constitution to be amended, which would necessitate parliamentary action.

The two-hour debate featuring the leaders of four parties began with bang, as Conservative Leader Stephen Harper fended off criticism from his rivals over his record in managing the economy as prime minister over the past decade.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was directly supervising the historic peace accord signed between the Centre and Nagaland insurgent group Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM). I have travelled to Nagaland on many occasions.

Meanwhile, the Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPHMR) on Monday said it was caught by surprise by the announcement of the peace accord between the government and the NSCN-IM.

FILE – In this Friday, August 24, 2012 file photo, Anders Behring Breivik listens to the judge in the courtroom, in Oslo, Norway.