BAGHDAD — When Iraq’s new government finally emerged last week and the nation’s political heavyweights stood before the National Assembly, shaking hands and accepting congratulations, one man was ...

Iyad Allawi’s bid to become Iraq’s Prime Minister again has received an endorsement from an unexpected source: the Ba’ath Party. A spokesman for the exiled leadership of Saddam Hussein’s old party ...

In late June, just before he took office as Iraq’s prime minister, Iyad Allawi lined up six prisoners in a Baghdad prison and executed them with a handgun while 30 people watched. So an Australian ...

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BAGHDAD — A pair of expectant eyes peer over Iraq. On bus stops and lampposts, television screens and billboards, the ubiquitous close-up image of interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi’s gaze has become ...

Standing beside interim Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in the White House Rose Garden, President Bush spoke Thursday of "steady progress" toward creating an Iraq that is stable and self-governing.

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On August 16, as the leading members of Iraq’s government gathered for their weekly cabinet meeting in a high-ceilinged hall of the Republican Palace in Baghdad, one of them made an unusual request.

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Secular Iraqi candidate Ayad Allawi has overcome extensive political maneuvering against him and emerged as the main challenger to incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, whose ...

The secular challenger who stunned Iraq with his razor-thin parliamentary election win turned his attention to negotiations over a future government Saturday even as supporters of the prime minister ...

MOORHEAD — The Moorhead boys soccer team couldn't have asked for a better start to its postseason on Thursday night. The top-seeded Spuds scored four goals — including two from senior Osama Allawi — ...