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Iraqi leaders today signed a draft constitution but left two unspecified issues to be resolved later by the full parliament, two Shia officials said tonight.
Nasar al-Rubaie, a member of the committee drafting the document, said it would be handed over to the national assembly for a decision later tonight on the two unresolved issues.

Iraqi leaders have been haggling over the constitution ahead of a midnight deadline tonight (2100 BST) on its adoption by the national assembly in Baghdad.

The two main sticking points have been Sunni objections to federalism and concerns over the role of Islam.

Assembly members have three choices: reject the draft constitution and trigger new national elections, which analysts say is unlikely, postpone the deadline, or declare the agreed parts of the text and add amendments when the contentious parts are agreed.