'New Dawn' In Iraq

Mr Hashemi described as "fabricated" the accusation he was linked to attacks on government and security officials.
He also accused Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shia, of being behind a plot to embarrass him and blow apart recent attempts at national reconciliation.
The Sunni deputy prime minister has warned Iraq risks a new sectarian war.
The arrest warrant for Mr Hashemi was issued just days after the final US troops left Iraq, eight years after the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. At a news conference in Irbil, in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern Kurdistan Region, Mr Hashemi described the charges against him as "fabricated".
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