Beirut - The focus again today and until Thursday will be the ministerial statement that the cabinet will present to the parliament to secure the vote of confidence . The committee charged with drafting the ministerial statement met for the

Beirut- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki supports US presidential candidate Barack Obama's plan to withdraw US troops from Iraq within 16 months. When asked in an interview with SPIEGEL when he thinks US troops should leave Iraq