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Iraq’s provincial elections have wrapped up with only a few reports of violence amid heavy security, Iraqi state television said.

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The head of America’s fastest-growing labor organization tells newly elected office-holders: Live up to your promises or face the wrath, and the money, of labor next time round.div class=”feedflare”
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Google is hit by technical problems with users temporarily told all search results were potentially harmful.

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Canadian Caissie Levy will have a lead role in a revival of the musical Hair on Broadway. Producers announced this week they picked the Hamilton native to portray the rich girl who falls in with a group of hippies.

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Japan will hand out $17 billion in development aid to other Asian countries to help them face the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Taro Aso said Saturday at the World Economic Forum.div class=”feedflare”
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Voting in Iraq began early Saturday in the war-ravaged country’s important provincial elections amid heightened security measures. Many observers believe the provincial vote will be a gauge of the country’s direction politically and a guide to how the parliamentary elections will turn out later this year.div class=”feedflare”
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Four thousand women are running for office in Iraq’s provincial elections Saturday, and many of them will be guaranteed seats under an electoral quota system. Some female candidates say these elections are a chance to improve their standing in Iraqi society.div class=”feedflare”
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Nibras al-Mamuri says she is running for a seat on the Baghdad provincial council to defy men who believe a woman’s place is in the home. “I’ve entered a battlefield where women have to prove they are competent,” she said. “I have to forget about fear.” She is one of 4,000 women in Iraq who may have put their lives on the line in Saturday’s provincial elections.div class=”feedflare”
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The threat of cybercrime is rising rapidly and attacks can threaten whole economies, warn experts at the World Economic Forum.

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The Kenyan half-brother of US President Barack Obama is arrested for allegedly possessing marijuana, reports say.

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