Anger, recrimination at funeral of Iraqi politician

Iraqi politicians buried a slain Sunni colleague on Tuesday and accused Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government of failing to protect the cross-sectarian Iraqiya alliance that won a March election. The killing on Monday of Bashar Mohammed Hamid al-Aqidi, who won a seat for the Iraqiya bloc led by secularist former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, was the first of a winning candidate since the inconclusive parliamentary vote ramped up tensions across Iraq's fractious political landscape. More than 2 1/2 months after an election Iraqis had hoped would produce stable government following years of war, the results have not been certified and the formation of a new government could be weeks or months away. The resulting political vacuum has raised fears of renewed sectarian violence.