At least three Iraqi civilians were killed and 22 injured in a car bomb attack late Monday in the still-volatile city of Baqubah, an agricultural hub about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, a security source said. One news agency reported…

The government promised to limit the scope of the Iraq war inquiry to protect US interests, according to reports of leaked diplomatic cables.

Iraq’s government said Tuesday it will again delay a nationwide census that could determine the real numbers of the country’s religious and ethnic groups.

Iraq’s cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone again the nation’s first full census in more than two decades as it struggles to end a longstanding dispute between majority Arabs and minority Kurds over land and oil.

Iraq has once again postponed its first census in more than 20 years this time indefinitely because of Kurdish-Arab wrangling over disputed areas in the north a deputy minister said on Tuesday.