Al Sabah Newspaper had on the front page a title said "emergency plan in Kurdistan and Sinjar council demands combining the district to the region."

The Basra-based, Hezbollah-backed Al Bainaa reported that the Anbar Salvation Council is preparing to start negotiating with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the issue of candidates to fill position vacated by the Iraqi Accordance Front.

In an editorial Tuesday titled "Karada Massacre," Falah al-Mishaal, editor of state-run Al Sabah newspaper, said Arab, Muslim and other countries were silent on

BAGHDAD, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Four Baghdad prison guards and four inmates were killed Wednesday when a prisoner snatched a guard's assault rifle and opened fire during morning exercise.