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Iraqi PM picks up oil-rich province in vote count (AP)

March 14th, 2010

An electoral worker carries a ballot box at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 14, 2010. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's political coalition took an early vote lead Saturday in the election's all-important battleground of Baghdad, pulling away from its two closest rivals in the latest indication that Iraqis want a moderate government instead of Shiite religious hard-liners leading the postwar nation. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Early results released by Iraq’s election committee show the prime minister ahead in the oil-rich Basra province, strengthening his lead in the country’s historic elections.


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