Bid by Iraq's Maliki to cling to power at dead end
Iraq's Nuri al-Maliki insists he should remain premier, but with a rival candidate selected with strong international backing, his bid to cling to power has reached a dead end./ President Fuad Masum tasked Haidar al-Abadi with forming a new government, but two-term premier Maliki has slammed the move as a "constitutional violation" and vowed to sue the president. While Maliki has railed against the choice of Abadi, a member of his Dawa party, international support for the prime minister-designate has poured in, most importantly from ...
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