BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's president forecast on Tuesday that British troops could go home by the end of next year but, on another day of killings, Britain's visiting foreign minister cautioned against leaving a "security vacuum".
Iraq's parliament, meeting for the first time after a summer recess, extended a state of emergency, granting Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki extraordinary powers for another month to tackle a minority Sunni insurgency and sectarian bloodshed.
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