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Iraq crisis: Parliament swears in unity government
Source: BBC
Iraq's parliament has approved a new government with Sunni and Kurdish deputy prime ministers, as it seeks to tackle Islamic State (IS) militants who have seized large parts of the country.
Salih al-Mutlak and Hoshyar Zebari were approved under a power-sharing deal after weeks of political deadlock.
PM Haidar al-Abadi, a moderate Shia, was asked to form a government with the resignation of Nouri Maliki.
However, the interior and defence minister positions were not agreed.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29119258
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