BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Shiite Iraqi lawmakers said Monday the matter of minority representation in the provincial elections law will be put on the next parliamentary agenda.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The Iraqi Parliament banned the depiction of clerical leaders but not the use of religious symbols in passing the provincial elections law, leaders said Friday.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is preparing to grant amnesty to thousands of detainees, a government spokesman said Friday.

GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi officials have set an ambitious timetable for negotiating oil-development deals, aiming to start talks next year and new development work by 2005.