Iraqi Parliament Set Election Date

(9 Dec 09 - RV) Iraq's presidency council on Tuesday pushed back the date of next year's general election by one day to March 7, 2010.

The council hours earlier had set March 6 as the date, but Kurdish leaders had complained the date was historically inappropriate because of a treaty signed decades ago on that day between Iraq and Iran, which they say eroded their rights.

We spoke with the Archbishop of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, who says the elections give hope to the future...