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Iraq Parliament Extends Charter Deadline by Week
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-iraq.html?pagewanted=print

August 15, 2005
Iraq Parliament Extends Charter Deadline by Week
By REUTERS
Filed at 3:44 p.m. ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament voted on Monday to extend a deadline for negotiators to present a draft constitution by one week to August 22.

With just 20 minutes left before the expiry of a midnight deadline, lawmakers voted by the required three-quarters majority for the motion from the speaker. Negotiators from rival sectarian and ethnic communities had asked for 10 days more.
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