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Spate of blasts in Iraq kill 17 ahead of key vote (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Iraqi security forces inspect the scene where a blast killed seven people in the Hurriya neighborhood about 500 yards (meters) from a polling station, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 4, 2010. A string of blasts across the capital killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast early ballots ahead of Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - A string of blasts across the Iraqi capital targeting voters killed 17 people Thursday, authorities said, ratcheting up fear in an already tense city as many Iraqis cast…

Dutch anti-immigration party gains ground in vote (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

AP - Early returns in Dutch local elections showed an anti-immigrant, anti-Islam party making big gains in a result seen as a possible foreshadowing of national elections in June.

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Triple bombing kill 32 ahead of Iraqi vote (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Iraqi relatives weep over the coffin of a victim of a suicide bomb which took place last night at the Shiite Muslim Abdel Karim al-Madani mosque in central Baquba, 60 kms northeast of Baghdad, September 2009. Three powerful co-ordinated suicide attacks in the central Iraq city of Baquba killed at least 33 people and wounded 55 on Wednesday, just days before nationwide parliamentary elections.(AFP/File/Str)AP - Suicide bombers struck in quick succession Wednesday in a former insurgent stronghold northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 32 people just days before a crucial election that will…

Women take prominent role Iraqi vote (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

AP - The minute Friday prayers are over, a crowd of women worshippers clothed in long black cloaks swarm around parliament member Maha al-Douri, peppering her with questions and requests.…

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