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• Bombing Kills 22 at Baghdad Bus Station
The U.S. hopes efforts to improve stability will receive a boost when Iraqi voters choose governing councils in the 18 provinces. The Americans hope the elections, expected this fall, will increase Sunni participation in the political process and ...
• Tribal links to violence
... force candidates to reach beyond their own groups, lawmakers amended the constitution in 1992 requiring a winning presidential candidate to get both the most votes overall and at least 25 percent of votes in at least five of Kenya's eight provinces ...
• 2 Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
Wednesday's incident comes amid a surge in fighting between insurgents and security forces across the southern half of Afghanistan, including in provinces adjacent to the capital, Kabul. Last week, three U.S. soldiers and their Afghan interpreter were ...
• U.S. general wants big cuts in Iraqi detainees
It is one of nine of Iraq's 18 provinces where Iraqi forces are now responsible for security. Officials said Iraq would take control of security in another southern Shi'ite province, Qadisiya, on Monday. The head of the Qadisiya provincial council ...
• Koran-flushing episode
Mobs shouting "Protect our Holy Book!" burned down government buildings and ransacked the offices of relief organizations in several Afghan provinces. The violence cost at least 15 lives, injured scores of people and sent a shudder through Washington ...

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