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Kurdish and Shiite leaders agreed to convene Iraq’s new parliament Wednesday even if they fail to complete a deal to form a coalition government. Three car bombs exploded Tuesday in Baghdad, killing at least five people, police said. Shiite officials said they also agreed to reach out to the country’s Sunni Arab community to name the parliament speaker for the 275-member National Assembly that is to convene for the first time since the Jan. 30 elections.Full Story