Aftermath of more violent protests in Iraq’s Basra Charred cars and buildings are still fuming in Iraq’s southern city of Basra after demonstrators on Thursday set fire to the local government headquarters and both political party and militia offices. Reacting to the fresh outbreak of deadly protests this week, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Shiite spiritual leader, called in his Friday sermon for the next government to be "different from its predecessors". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES