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Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count

Iraq's PM leads in early Baghdad vote count

A coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was winning in the all-important capital and a Shiite province in the south, according to a partial tally of election results released Saturday.

 

Bomb kills 4 near Shi'ite shrine before Iraq poll

Bomb kills 4 near Shi'ite shrine before Iraq poll

A car bomb killed four Iranian pilgrims near Iraq's holiest Shi'ite shrine on Saturday, a day before a parliamentary election that Sunni Islamist insurgents have vowed to wreck.

 

In Iraq, improved security boosts Maliki at polls

The prime minister is credited with a drop in violence in once-lawless parts of Iraq.

A young Sunni man strolling along the Tigris River hesitated when asked whom he had voted for in provincial elections today.

 

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