The Sadrists -- who say the constitution does not spell out a process for voting on international agreements -- are backing a draft law calling for a two-thirds majority for such agreements to pass.

CNN: Security pact runs into discord in Iraqi parliament

The prolonged cold spell covering the UK could last until mid-April, forecasters say.

BBC: Coldest Easter Sunday on record, Met Office confirms

Marine biologists say the most likely cause of the unusual occurance is red algae and the recent warm spell - although mass suicide has not been ruled as a cause.

BBC: News | Wales | Sea urchins may have committed suicide

Behind him, another from the US, all interested in what Rupert and James Murdoch, then Rebekah Brooks will - or will not - say and what the UK's top policemen until a few days and hours ago will want to spell out as they bow out.

BBC: Scaffolding and doling out rope