Iraq's president issues deadline to choose next PM

Iraq's president has given rival political blocs a deadline to select a prime minister nearly two months after the outgoing premier resigned under pressure from mass demonstrations, his office said in a statement Wednesday.Violence continued for a second week in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of the popular protests, with security forces using pellet guns to disperse protesters.President Barham Saleh asked parliamentary blocs to select a candidate to replace outgoing premier Adel Abdul-M