A Chance for Iraq's Charter

Iraqi lawmakers approved a last-minute compromise on a draft constitution to satisfy Sunni Arab groups who had strongly objected to several articles, saying they favored the Shiite Muslim majority and ethnic Kurds.

A Chance for Iraq's Charter

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