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Washington is pressing Iraq's leaders to end weeks of political deadlock and to form a new government as soon as possible, US officials say.

The White House pressure, reported by Iraqi officials in Baghdad and an American official in Washington, on Sunday, was a change in the administration's hands-off approach to Iraqi politics.
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Three Iraqi soldiers also died Saturday when their convoy was attacked by gunmen near Adhaim.

Also Friday, five Iraqi soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a bombing, targeting their convoy near Beiji, 150 miles north of Baghdad, the Iraqi military said.
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The Hasmonean Dynasty rules Jordan.

When the last member of the Hasmonean Dynasty died in 37 B.C., Rome made Herod king of Judah. With Roman backing, Herod (37-34 B.C.) ruled on both sides of the Jordan River. After his death the Jewish kingdom was divided among his heirs and gradually absorbed into the Roman Empire.
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Thousands of people are expected to return to New Orleans this week, as areas of the city are opened up to residents.

Nagin defended his plan to return up to 180,000 people to the city, within a week and a half, despite concerns about the short supply of drinking water and heavily polluted floodwaters.
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