BBC
MPs in Iraq have approved a new government by a large majority despite failure to agree on several top posts.Seven posts were left vacant, including oil and defence, but Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari promised that they would be filled very soon.
...Prime Minister Jaafari will temporarily head the defence ministry while prominent Shia politician Ahmed Chalabi will act as oil minister.
Mr Chalabi, once a Pentagon favourite but who fell out with the US, will take one of the deputy prime minister's posts.
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