In Iraq, lawmakers are still negotiating on the wording of a new Iraqi constitution. Today is the new deadline for the constitution to be drafted. It remains unclear whether a consensus will be reached between the Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish officials. The role of Islam in the new constitution remains a divisive issue. The Reuters news agency is reporting that the Bush administration has conceded ground to hardline Shiite Islamists to enshrine Islamic law as the guiding principle of the new Iraqi Constitution.