New global push sought to scrap chemical weapons (Reuters)

North American leaders defend free trade (Reuters)
Reuters - North American leaders defended their 14-year-old free trade agreement at an annual summit on Monday amid criticism in the U.S....

Iraq to seek parliamentary approval for long-term U.S. pact...
Reuters - Iraq will seek parliamentary approval for a strategic agreement being negotiated with the United States even though it expects heated...

Baghdad says talks on U.S./Iraq pact to begin soon (Reuters)
Reuters - The Iraqi government will begin talks with U.S. officials later in February on a pact that would lay the basis for long-term strategic ties...

Moment of truth for Shiite party over pact (AP)
AP - The fate of an agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years rests with Iraq's largest Shiite party, which must choose between...

Muqtada al-Sadr urges rejection of US-Iraqi pact (AP)
AP - Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged Iraq's parliament to reject a pact that would extend U.S. presence in Iraq for three years as...