Decision on Iraq PM soon: Shi'ite politician

Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a former exile and senior member of the Shi'ite alliance, said PM would be decided in next few days.

An Iraqi Shi'ite politician in the running to be prime minister said on Thursday that a nominee ought be announced soon.

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Ibrahim al-Jaafari, a former exile and senior member of the Shi'ite alliance, which won last month's historic election, told reporters that talks over who gets which jobs will take "a couple more days".