BAGHDAD (AP) Ñ Efforts to create a national unity government in Iraq stumbled Sunday as a member of an influential Shiite alliance bloc threatened to form a new government unilaterally if rival groups did not scale back their demands. Sunnis said they may withdraw from the process entirely.

Under the constitution, Prime Minister-designate Nouri al-Maliki faces a May 22 deadline to form a government.
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