Iraq prepares reconciliation document

BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The future of 42,000 Iraqi prison inmates tops a national reconciliation document aimed at easing the political tension in Iraq, it was reported.

The fate of the prisoners -- many jailed at U.S. and Iraqi-run facilities without court orders -- is a priority at the talks among Iraqi's five most influential political parties, the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, reported Sunday.

The reconciliation document -- due in a matter of weeks -- is also expected to address militias, outlawed armed groups, constitutional law and financial and energy resources, KUNA reported.

The talks include Nassir Al-Ani, head of the Iraqi Presidential Court; President Jalal al-Talabani and his deputies, Tareq al-Hashemi and Adel Abdulmahdi; Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdistan leader Massoud Barzani.