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BAGHDAD: Despite a rocket attack on Baghdads Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new president who swiftly named a prime minister in hopes of ending a year of political gridlock and...

The vote is the first step to forming a new government after a year of political deadlock and heightened instability.

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Iraqi officials have elected a new president, former minister Abdul Latif Rashid, only hours after nine rockets landed near the nation's parliament building.

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's next president, defying threats of further

BAGHDAD: Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country s next president, defying threats of further violence f...

Iraq's new President Abdul Latif Rashid is a veteran Kurdish politician and former water minister with valuable experience in navigating the fractious politics of Baghdad.The 78-year-old, British-educated hydraulic engineer, chosen by parliament on Thursday to replace Barham Saleh, also faces the task of mending ties between the central government and Iraq's Kurdish minority.

Iraqi parliament elects Abdul Latif Rashid as new Iraqi president-

Iraq's new prime minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani hails from the Shiite Muslim political class that has been in power for almost two decades.But, on top of the challenge of forming a government for the crisis-hit country, he must now win the backing of fiercely rival Shiite factions.More than a year after general elections left Iraq in political paralysis, 52-year-old Sudani was nominated as prime minister by new President Abdul Latif Rashid, to succeed Mustafa al-Kadhemi, in powe...

Roundup: Iraqi lawmakers elect new president after year-long political deadlock-