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| Iraq crisis: Maliki to step aside to end deadlock | |
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| Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has agreed to step aside, ending political deadlock in Baghdad as the government struggles against insurgents. | |
| His replacement, Haider al-Abadi, has already been asked by Iraq's president to form a new government. | |
| Mr Maliki was under intense pressure to make way for Mr Abadi, a deputy speaker of parliament. | |
| An offensive led by Islamic State (IS) rebels in the north has triggered a security and humanitarian crisis. | |
| Mr Maliki's spokesman, Ali Mussawi, told AFP news agency that the outgoing Shia Muslim prime minister would drop his bid to remain in his post. | |
| "Maliki will withdraw the complaint against the president and will back the prime minister designate," he said. | |
| The move, also confirmed by Shia Muslim members of parliament to AP news agency, was announced by state TV. |