Minor Cabinet posts shuffled
An Iraqi government shake-up meant to improve a much-criticized executive branch won’t change key security and economic Cabinet positions, top Iraqi officials said Tuesday. Though his nation is ravaged by violence and poverty, Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki will only include a dozen relatively minor ministry posts in his reshuffle plan, including the heads of health, transportation, culture, women’s affairs and tourism, his deputies and inner circle said in telephone interviews and media outlets. Full Story