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| Iraqi Shia protesters storm Baghdad parliament | |
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| Iraqi Shia activists have stormed parliament in protest against ongoing deadlock in approving a new cabinet. | Iraqi Shia activists have stormed parliament in protest against ongoing deadlock in approving a new cabinet. |
| Hundreds of supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr broke through gates of the protected Green Zone after MPs again failed to convene for a vote. | |
| The protesters are reported to have begun ransacking parliament buildings. | The protesters are reported to have begun ransacking parliament buildings. |
| Mr Sadr wants Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to press ahead with a plan to replace ministers with non-partisan technocrats. | |
| Powerful parties in parliament have refused to approve the change for several weeks. | |
| A protest outside the Green Zone escalated after parliament again failed to reach a quorum on Saturday, AFP news agency reports. | |
| It said the protesters stopped lawmakers attempting to flee the building chanting, "the cowards ran away!" | |
| Iraq's system of sharing government jobs has long been criticised for promoting unqualified candidates and encouraging corruption. | |
| Mr Abadi, who came to power in 2014, has promised to stamp out corruption and ease sectarian tensions - but he has failed to far to introduce a new technocratic cabinet. |