Iraq’s Shiite prime minister declared Tuesday he won’t be blackmailed into abandoning his bid for a second term, and the Kurdish president bowed to Shiite pressure to delay calling parliament into session until a deadlock is resolved over who should lead a unity government. A new video broadcast on Arab television, meanwhile, showed three of the four hostage Christian Peacemaker activists. American Tom Fox was not present. Scattered bombings, mortar blasts and gunfire killed 16 people. Full Story
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