Iraqi lawmakers settle on Kurd for presidency with Sunni, Shiite VPs News
Iraqi lawmakers settle on Kurd for presidency with Sunni, Shiite VPs

[JURIST] Members of Iraq's National Assembly [Wikipedia article] Tuesday reached agreement on a president and vice presidents for the transitional government. Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani [BBC News profile] will be named president Wednesday, while Shiite Adel Abdul Mahdi and Sunni Ghazi Yawar [BBC News profile] will serve as vice presidents, lawmakers said. The agreement signals progress in what has been a politically charged and slow process of forming a government in the months following the first elections in Iraq [JURIST news archive]. Leaders also said that Islamist Shiite leader Ibrahim Jaafari could be named as prime minister by Thursday. Reuters has more.

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Charles Manson sentenced to death

On April 19, 1971, Charles Manson was sentenced to death for ordering the murders of Sharon Tate and others. The sentence was then commuted to life after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in 1972. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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