Iraq lawmakers convene to form new government in battle with 'caliphate'

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Newly elected Iraqi lawmakers convene on Tuesday, under pressure to name a unity government to keep the country from splitting apart after an onslaught by Sunni Islamists who have declared a "caliphate" to rule over all the world's Muslims.

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