<span style="color: #222222;">Iraqi protesters set fire to the entrance of a shrine in the southern holy city of Najaf today and security forces fired tear gas to disperse them.<br />''<br />'' The incident took place during one of the bloodiest weeks of Iraq's anti-government unrest, which erupted last month. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Iraqi legislators have approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation during a parliament session held in capital Baghdad. On Friday, an embattled Abdul Mahdi formally submitted his offer to step down following the killing of around 50 demonstrators by the security forces in Baghdad and Iraq's mainly Shia southern cities of Nasiriya and Najaf.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Referring to Article 76 of the country's constitution, Speaker Mohammad al-Halbusi today said President Barham Saleh will now ask the largest political bloc in parliament to nominate the next prime minister.</span><br />''  <br />