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Monday, March 8, 2010
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Blasts kill 24, injure dozens as Iraqis vote Agence France Presse
BAGHDAD – Iraqis on Sunday braved waves of bomb, mortar and rocket attacks that killed 24 people to vote in parliamentary elections that Al-Qaeda vowed to wreck.
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Baghdad bore the brunt of the violence, with dozens of mortars raining down on the capital as voting stations opened for the war-shattered nation’s second parliamentary election since US-led forces ousted dictator Saddam Hussein Fallujah, Baquba, Samarra and other cities across the country were also hit by mortar rounds or bombs, many of them exploding near polling stations. But the capital saw the deadliest attacks. A Katyusha rocket flattened a residential building, killing 12 and wounding 10, officials said, adding that a second blast killed four and wounded eight when another building was targeted by a bomb, security officials said. Four more people were killed by mortar attacks in Baghdad and four others by bombs that between them wounded 40, the officials said. The attacks come despite a massive security operation in place for Sunday’s voting, with 200,000 police and soldiers deployed in Baghdad alone. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the attacks “are only noise to impress voters but Iraqis are a people who love challenges and you will see that this will not damage their morale.” Maliki cast his vote in Baghdad’s fortified “Green Zone”
which earlier Sunday took several mortar hits. Abu Adel, a 57-year-old retired man, was one of the tens of thousands across the country who queued up at polling stations to cast their votes despite the danger. “It is a duty to participate in the democratic process,” he said as he voted at the Omar al-Mokhtar polling centre in central Baghdad. Sunni Arabs are expected to turn out in force at voting centres, in stark contrast to 2005 when they boycotted nationwide polls in protest at the rise to power of the nation’s long-oppressed Shiite majority. Factfile: Iraq That boycott deepened the sectarian divide and heightened unrest which killed tens of thousands of Iraqis in the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion and which has only eased in the past two years. The election will usher in a government tasked with tackling a multitude of problems, including still high levels of violence, an economy in tatters and state ministries mired in a culture of endemic corruption. Seven years after the war, much of Baghdad remains bomb damaged, most homes receive only a few hours of mains electricity a day and lack clean drinking water, and a quarter of the Iraqi population is illiterate. Continued on page 6
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Rescuers search for bodies under the rubble at the scene of a blast which leveled a building in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010 which killed scores of people, including four children, according to police and hospital officials.
Three teenagers try to kill themselves Denpasar (Bali Post)
Only because small problems, teenagers are trying to solve it with wrong solution, one of them by commits suicide. Three teenagers were trying to kill themselves on Sunday, march 7th 2010. All of the victims were rushed into Sanglah hospital. The first one was a woman who came in
unconscious state. She was drinking poisonous substance to kill herself. The second one was a 23 years old lady who cut her wrist with a razor blade. The third victim was a 17 years old boy who drinks a bottle of soft drink mixed with medicine. The second victim was taken to the hospital by her boyfriend. He explained that the girl was trying to kill her-
self after they had a big fight. “At first, we had a fight and suddenly she took a razor blade and cut her hand,” he added. While the third victim was trying to commit suicide after he had disagreement with his father. The victims are still in the hospital for further treatment. Wrong identification
Because he was very thirsty, Marten drink a catalyst which he thought was water. The, he was rushed to Sanglah hospital. One of his friends explained that before the incident, they were fixing a boat in Benoa harbor. Unaware, Marten drink the poisonous catalyst next to him. Currently, he still treated intensively in the hospital.(san)