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Iraq PM proposes new cabinet line-up; Sadr ends sit-in

Friday, 01 April 2016 1:50 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 01 April 2016 1:49 AM ]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi leads a regular session of the Council of Ministers with local government officials and Ministers on January 12, 2016 in the southern Iraqi port city of Basra. AFP

Altaf Ahmad

Press TV, Baghdad

Iraq’s prime minister has presented parliament with a new cabinet line-up. Haidar al-Abadi’s move is part of an all-out campaign to fight government graft. And now, after the proposal was made, heavyweight Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to end their sit-in at the gates of Baghdad’s Green Zone. Altaf Ahmad has the latest from Baghdad.

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