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The article focuses on Shiite refugees in Iraq who have come to their sect's holy city of Najaf to seek assistance. There are as many as several hundreds thousand of these internally displaced persons in the area. They are kept in dismal camps far from the city in squalid conditions. Iraq has almost no resources to deal with its internal refugees. The displaced Shiites are furious the Shiite-dominated government of Nuri al-Maliki has not come to their aid.

The article reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has planned to go to courts to defend his position following the move of President Fuad Masum to nominate Shiite politician Haider al-Abadi as his replacement in 2014.

The article reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ordered Iraq's air force to help Kurds battle against Sunni extremists on August 4, 2014.

The article reports on the courage of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to run in the third term as prime minister of Baghdad, Iraq despite of the pressure from friendly foreign powers.

BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq said Friday that he would cut his salary in half, apparently in an effort to defuse growing dissatisfaction among Iraqis about the lack of government services. Mr. Maliki's announcement came as protests against governments continued in many Arab countries. A spokesman for Mr. Maliki said that he had been discussing a decrease in his pay since he was elected to a second four-year term after Iraq formed a new government in December. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BAGHDAD -- Baghdadiya, a satellite channel that broadcasts out of Cairo, is best known outside Iraq for its reporter Muntader al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush at a news conference in 2008. Here, the channel has earned a reputation for its feisty news programming, including a morning program that provides an open forum for citizens to criticize the government, including Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Iraq's political leaders sought a compromise that would avoid further delay in the country's national election, officials said on Thursday, warning that fierce disagreements on how to conduct the election could still undo any deal. Even with an agreement, the election is now unlikely to occur by a constitutional deadline in January; it could slip into February, or beyond. Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki warned on Thursday that any further delay in holding the vote would put the country ''at grave risk.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

American troops killed two Iraqis on Sunday during an early morning raid in southern Iraq that set off public protests and drew a pointed complaint from Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki that the operation violated a new security agreement between Iraq and the United States. The raid was not the first violent episode involving American forces to provoke a public dispute since the security agreement took effect in January, but it quickly became the most serious test so far of the agreement's carefully negotiated provisions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An attempt by the prime minister to replace a police chief in southern Iraq boiled over into accusations of political manipulation and improper campaigning on Saturday, two weeks ahead of provincial elections scheduled across the country. A day after Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ordered the police chief in Wasit Province, Maj. Gen. Abdul Haneen al-Amara, to be replaced for failing to enforce election laws, the local provincial council rejected Mr. Maliki's new choice. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that the movement of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr may withdraw support to the Shiite bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, United Iraqi Alliance. The movement made an announcement to the effect on September 15, 2007. The legislators attached with Sadr have complained that they have been marginalized in the bloc. The Sadr movement supported Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in becoming prime minister in 2006.

The article discusses the views of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki about the political stability in Iraq. Responding to a U.S. White House report regarding failure of his government in bringing political reforms in the country, the prime minister said that the Iraqi armed forces were capable to secure the country if American troops were withdrawn. At a news conference in Baghdad on July 14, 2007, Maliki talked about military recruitment, their rehabilitation and weapon purchase.

The article reports on the visit of U.S. Vice President Richard B. Cheney to Baghdad, Iraq. Cheney, in 12 hours of meetings with Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and other leaders, urged the Iraqis to resolve issues related to the conflict between the Sunnis and Shiites. Cheney, in the meeting, also told Iraqi leaders that political progress in Baghdad are necessary for sustenance of American military support.

The article reports on an announcement made by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq regarding his plan to reorganize his cabinet. The purpose behind his plan is to curb widespread corruption, reduce sectarian violence and improve public services. The proposed reorganization is an effort to curry American favor and placate the domestic detractors of the Prime Minister.

The article reports on the Iraqi government's decision to allow former members of the Baath Party to rejoin government jobs. The decision was taken on August 27, 2007. The step is seen as an effort by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki for national reconciliation. While welcoming the decision as a great achievement, Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, a senior Sunni Arab leader, said that the step was too small for his and other Sunni groups to return to Maliki's coalition government.

The article reports that as of August 7, 2014, the Jihadist organization Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have advanced in northern Iraq, taking control of the Mosul Dam after defeating the Kurdish pesh merga military force. It also notes that political leaders have met to appoint a replacement for Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, who has lost the support of the U.S. government.

The authors report that gunmen dressed as Iraqi police commandos in vehicles with Iraqi Interior Ministry markings kidnapped 55 people from the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education in Baghdad, Iraq. Orders for the arrest of police commanders from the Karada area near the Ministry were given. The actions intensify pressures on Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. The government's swift response broke with a pattern of inaction in earlier mass kidnapping apparently linked to Shiite death squads.

The article focuses on the criticisms of the citizens of Karada district in Baghdad, Iraq on former Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and the Shiite-led government due to their failure to uphold impartial justice and public security in the district that led to attacks of the Islamic State.

BAGHDAD -- Saddam Hussein used to hold the Babylon Festival at the end of Iraq's sweltering summers on the site of the ancient ruins of Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar, an hour's drive south of the capital. It was agitprop, an annual expression of megalomania and, until the last one in fall 2002, with war already in the air, a forum for railing against the United States. This year the Ministry of Culture decided to revive the festival over three days that ended on Monday. The organizers, supported by Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, envisioned a celebration of a new democratic Iraq. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BAGHDAD -- As the top American military officer arrived here to press Iraq's leaders for a resolution to their political impasse, the country's new Parliament canceled an already postponed session on Tuesday and announced that it would not even try to meet again until further notice. The latest delay intensified a sense of a country adrift, something the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki sought to address. Mr. Maliki's administration agreed to demands to call itself a caretaker government and promised to make no strategic decisions before the formation of a new government, even as it continued, with mixed results, to oversee security and basic services. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A series of bombings rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 100, and there were two separate attacks on American military convoys in Baghdad in which at least three people were killed. The violence was the worst to hit the Iraqi capital since American combat troops withdrew on June 30, providing another test of Iraq's ability to defend itself as Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki left for talks with President Obama in Washington. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

What's going right? And can it last? Violence in all of Iraq is the lowest since March 2004. The two largest cities, Baghdad and Basra, are calmer than they have been for years. The third largest, Mosul, is in the midst of a major security operation. On Thursday, Iraqi forces swept unopposed through the southern city of Amara, which has been controlled by Shiite militias. There is a sense that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's government has more political traction than any of its predecessors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Iraqi troops pushed deep into Sadr City on Tuesday as the Iraqi government sought to establish control over the district, a densely populated Shiite enclave in the Iraqi capital. The long-awaited military operation, which took place without the involvement of American ground forces, was the first determined effort by the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to assert control over the sprawling Baghdad neighborhood, which has been a bastion of support for Moktada al-Sadr, the rebel cleric. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, making an unannounced stop in Baghdad on Sunday, praised the Iraqi government's decision to take on Shiite militia members in Basra and in Baghdad and painted an upbeat picture of the Iraqi government's progress toward unifying the country. Ms. Rice, who visited the Iraqi capital on her way to a conference in Kuwait of Iraq's neighbors, said that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's government ''has made a choice to pursue militias and is willing to bear the consequences.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the views of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki about the shooting of Iraqi civilians by a private U.S. security company Blackwater USA. In an interview to the news agency The Associated Press, Maliki said that the shooting was tantamount to the violation of Iraq' sovereignty. He also said that his government, in alliance with the U.S., was working to bring the culprits to justice. INSET: Names of the Dead.

The article reports that Iraq is re-establishing diplomatic relations with Syria after more than 20 year with no formal avenues of communication. Iraq agrees to restore a Syrian embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, following Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem's recent meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.

The article reports on the meeting between Prime Minister of Iraq Nuri Kamal al-Maliki and John P. Abizaid, American commander in the Middle East, held in Baghdad, Iraq. A statement from the office of the prime minister reports that al-Maliki and Abizaid discussed the influence of neighboring countries, including Syria and Iran, on the security of Iraq.

The article discusses a lack of support for Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's attempts to remain in power despite Iraqi president Fuad Masum's nomination of politician Haider al-Abadi as Iraq's next prime minister. Topics addressed include a decline in support for Maliki from the Iranian government, Iraqi military and the Shiite Islamist Dawa Party political party, as well as Abadi's comments on Maliki.

The article discusses Iraqi president Fuad Masum's nomination of Shiite Muslim political leader Haider al-Abadi as prime minister of Iraq, highlighting Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's refusal to step down as prime minister. Topics addressed include allegations regarding Maliki's role in fueling sectarian tensions in the country and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunni Muslim extremist organization, as well as U.S. responses to political instability in Iraq.

This article describes a suicide bomb attack in a marketplace in Baghdad, Iraq that killed at least 130 Iraqis and wounded at least 300. The bomb, ignited in a truck in the mostly Shiite neighborhood, will put more pressure on Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al Maliki by the U.S. to crack down on Shiite militias. The Shiites will be pressuring Maliki to avenge the bombing by attacking the Sunnis. The U.S. and others are trying to prevent such action to avoid the outbreak of full-scale civil war.

The article reports on the verdict issued by an Iraqi court that Saddam Hussein, the nation's former dictator, be sentenced to death by hanging. Although Hussein appealed the conviction, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki said that it may be carried out within a few months. The nation had a mixed reaction to the verdict. The history of the trial and Iraq's political situation is discussed.

The authors report that the Iraqi government dismissed its two most senior police commanders who had led Iraq's special police commandos and its public order brigade. Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is under strong U.S. pressure to eliminate Shitte militias and death squads from within the ranks of Iraq's special police forces.

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's leaders reached a tentative agreement late Wednesday night to create a unity government embracing the country's major ethnic and religious factions, ending an eight-month political impasse and returning Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to power for a second term as prime minister. The impasse had stoked fears of a return to sectarian violence. Yet the composition of the new government remained murky, and seemed to hold out the potential for more of the infighting, instability and vulnerability to insurgents that have hampered the country's politics for years. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]