Former Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Hamza al-Zubaidi has died at a US military hospital in Baghdad, an American military spokesman said today.

The Dutch Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad was hit by a rocket tonight - but there were no injuries because the mission had closed for the day.

Iraqi delegates in business suits and clerics’ robes gathered today in Baghdad behind a wall of US tanks to work on forming a government to replace Saddam Hussein.

The “governmental process” in Iraq will be up and running by the end of next week and all ministries will have Iraqi officials at the helm as soon as possible, the retired American general in charge of rebuilding the country said today.

The retired American general in charge of rebuilding post-war Iraq held an open meeting today to tell Baghdad residents about his efforts to bring stability to their country.