Iraqi leaders set to finalise cabinet
Iraqi leaders were holding last-minute talks to form a new government in the hope it will help curb raging sectarian bloodshed and the Sunni-led insurgency that has left thousands dead. Representatives of the country’s parliamentary blocs were to meet President Jalal Talabani to finalise the line-up of the first permanent government of the post- Saddam Hussein era, almost five months after a landmark election. Full Story