Kirkuk feud fouls Iraqi voting accord
Divided ethnic groups in oil-rich city derail agreement on January vote
Posted: October 28, 2009 at 3:36 a.m.
Security guards remove debris Tuesday at a day-care center damaged by a bomb Sunday near the Justice Ministry in Baghdad.
A long-sought political consensus in Iraq over how to conduct crucial coming elections fell apart Tuesday over the thorny issue of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, an Iraqi lawmaker said.
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