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Credit: Reuters/Iraqi Government/Handout BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's two major Shi'ite political coalitions, one led by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the other whose leaders have close ties to Iran, agreed on Tuesday on an alliance to form a single bloc in parliament, officials said. World The alliance would bring together Maliki's State of Law coalition, which took 89 seats in the March 7 parliamentary election, and the Iraqi National Alliance, which won 70. Combined they would be close to the 163 seats needed to form a government. But the two coalitions had not yet resolved the biggest issue confronting them -- the choice of a prime minister, an official with State of Law said. The announcement, nearly two months after a parliamentary election Iraqis hoped would bring stability after years of war, could signify a breakthrough in stalled negotiations to form Iraq's next government amid fears of renewed sectarian violence. Violence exploded when coalitions took five months to sort out a government after the last parliamentary election in 2005. "The agreement was signed by representatives from both coalitions to form a parliamentary bloc ... which will nominate the prime minister," said State of Law official Haider al-Ebadi, who is also a member of Maliki's Dawa Party. Asked whether the issue of prime minister had been resolved, he said: "No, not until now. The new bloc will nominate one candidate." The agreement came a day after electoral workers began a recount demanded by Maliki of 2.5 million votes cast in Baghdad. Maliki's coalition finished two seats behind a cross-sectarian alliance led by secularist former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. SECTARIAN VIOLENCE Allawi had warned that an alliance of the two major Shi'ite blocs that attempted to exclude his coalition from government could result in a return to violence in Iraq, which was torn by sectarian bloodshed that killed tens of thousands in 2006-07. State of Law and INA announced weeks ago that they intended to form an alliance that would produce the largest bloc in the new 325-seat parliament. But their talks had stalled over the issue of prime minister. Maliki wants a second term, but he is fiercely opposed by anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose candidates took around 40 seats of INA's 70 seats in the election. The prime minister angered Sadr, who currently is studying in Iran, by sending government troops backed by U.S. forces to crush the cleric's Mehdi Army militia in 2008. INA is a union of Sadr's political movement and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI), both have close ties to Tehran. Diplomats said the agreement appeared preliminary given the ongoing dispute over a nominee for prime minister. "This is a pre-nup, this is not a marriage," a senior Western official said. 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