Iraq's Sadr calls for protests to bring about new cabinet
By Saif Hameed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called for renewed protests demanding that parliament approves a long-delayed new cabinet and end political and sectarian wrangling that is hampering a vote on the matter. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced an overhaul of the government in February in a bid to tackle corruption. In a statement received by email, Sadr called for "continuing peaceful protests in the same intensity and even more in
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