Iraq President Saleh Submits Resignation to Parliament, Jazeera Reports

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Iraqi President Barham Saleh offered to resign as weeks of deadly anti-government protests show no sign of abating.

The president is being torn in opposite directions by politicians who want him to name a prime minister from their ranks and demonstrators who reject any establishment candidate.