BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Rival Iraqi parties prepared on Saturday for tough negotiations on forming a government of national unity that Washington hopes will end sectarian and ethnic strife tearing the country apart.
As the parties held internal talks a day after the release of election results giving the ruling Shi'ite Islamist Alliance almost a majority, insurgents set off a car bomb in a crowded Baghdad market, killing one person.
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