Incumbent Named Iraqi PM in Tight Voting
Shiite lawmakers Sunday chose incumbent Ibrahim al-Jaafari to be Iraq’s new prime minister, endorsing the physician and longtime exile for a second term by a single vote — thanks in large part to support by a radical anti-U.S. faction. On Monday, a suspected suicide bombing tore through a crowd of Iraqis waiting at a bank in eastern Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 32, police said. Full Story