Iraqi politicians return to talks
After a one-day boycott by Shia leaders, Iraqi politicians returned to talks on forming a government but that may have been all they could agree on.
They debated what the security powers of the new government's prime minister should be, but reached no conclusions Tuesday, Kurdish legislator Mahmoud Othman said.
On Wednesday, unidentified gunmen stormed a trading company in an upscale Baghdad neighbourhood and opened fire Wednesday, killing eight employees and wounding six, police said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The men, who wore civilian clothes, arrived at the al-Ibtikar Trade Contracting Co. in five black BMWs about 8:15 a.m., police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razzaq said. Those killed included five men and three women, he said.
The motive of the attack was not immediately clear. The assailants burned part of the building but appeared to have taken no money, Abdul-Razzaq said.
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