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Voting begins to elect new parliament in Iraq’s Kurdistan
ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 30, 2018 (AFP) – Voting began Sunday across Iraq’s
Kurdistan for a new parliament in the autonomous region which is mired in an
economic crisis a year after an independence referendum that infuriated
Baghdad.
More than 3.1 million voters are eligible to cast ballots across three
provinces in the northern region where 673 candidates are vying for seats the
111-member parliament.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1133 hrs