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Iraq cabinet membership agreed

Iraq's Governing Council, the US-led administration and the United Nations have agreed on the membership of the cabinet that will run an Iraqi government, according to a senior member of the council.

The council member said that the oil minister, defence minister,  foreign minister and finance minister have all been named and come from a number of different Iraqi groups.

Yesterday, the British educated Iyad Allawi was named as the transitional Prime Minister who will take power on 30 June.