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Iraq parliament speaker says no vote on cabinet


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament will not hold a vote on a new government on Monday, the parliamentary speaker said.

    "There will be no session today (to vote on the cabinet)," Osama al-Nujaifi told reporters.

    Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had been scheduled to present his cabinet choices to parliament on Monday. Officials said last-minute disputes among political blocs had delayed the announcement.

    (Additional reporting by Ahmed Rasheed and Suadad al-Salhy; writing by Jim Loney; editing by Caroline Drees and Mark Heinrich)