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Iraqi President Fuad Masum accepted the nomination of a new prime minister as the country’s leadership sought to save Iraq from breakup. Haidar al-Abadi, who was nominated by parliament’s Shiite bloc, takes over from Nuri al-Maliki. An ally of Maliki, Abadi has 30 days to form a government that is expected to heal Iraq’s sectarian divides. US President Barack Obama welcomed Abadi’s nomination, calling it a “promising step” in trying to regain the confidence of Iraqis by “governing inclusively.” Maliki had been partly blamed for the current Iraqi crisis because he had alienated the Sunni minority.
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