Saturday, January 31, 2009

In Mosul imposed a curfew for cars.

The third largest city in Iraq's Mosul imposed a curfew on the streets of the city stopped traffic, the Associated Press.
The decision to impose the curfew is connected with the election of local authorities, which will be held on 31 January. Residents to their homes, except for voting. For further safety measures have influenced the recent killing of three candidates, including one representative of Mosul.
In connection with the elections around the country will be temporarily halted and the air traffic in Baghdad and several other major cities in the country. The borders of Iraq at the time of the elections will be closed.
In the elections of local authorities taking part 14,4 thousand candidates. They poboryutsya for the 440 seats in 14 of Iraq's 18 provinces.
January 30, in Baghdad while trying to defuse a bomb laid on a road killed two Iraqi military, 14 soldiers were wounded.

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