Iraq parl't to sit longer to focus on key laws

BAGHDAD, June 23 (Reuters) Iraq's parliament voted today to extend its current session until the end of July, thus cutting its scheduled summer holiday by one month, a legislator and another official said.

US officials have been urging parliament to scrap its July-August summer holiday or reduce the two-month break so legislators can focus on passing key draft laws aimed at healing Iraq's deep sectarian divide.

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