Shia Close In On Candidate For Iraqi Prime Minister"The United Iraqi Alliance, the coalition of religious Shia parties that polled nearly half the vote in Iraq's election, appears likely to choose the interim Vice-President, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, as its candidate for prime minister."
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Shi'ite list picks al-Jaafari to be Iraq's prime minister