Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has rejected a provincial election law a day after it was adopted in parliament.
A statement from Talabani's office said the president could not accept a law on which less than half of parliamentary deputies had voted. Kurdish legislators boycotted Tuesday's vote over provisions on how to handle voting in Report: Kurdish Rebels Warned Germany Before Kidnapping ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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