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Suspected ISIL militants seize Iraqi City of Mosul

Iraq, June 10 (ANI): Insurgents, reportedly fighters of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) assumed full control of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city on Tuesday. According to sources, after seize of Mosul, Terrorist organization ISIL took control over all of Mosul's government facilities, airports, central bank holding billions of Iraqi currencies. The seize came after days of heavy clashes with government forces, wherein at least 30 people were killed in a double bombing which targetted the offices of a Kurdish political party in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmato on Monday itself. A car bomb blew up at a checkpoint near the local headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party, before a truck packed with explosives was detonated beside a wall late Monday. Jun 10, 2014
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Around 60% turnout in Iraq election: commission

Around 60 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in Iraq's parliamentary election on Wednesday, the electoral commission said citing initial figures after polls closed. Duration: 00:44 May 1, 2014
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Iraqis vote despite security issue

Polls opened Wednesday in Iraq's first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki seeking a third term in power amid the country's worst violence in years. Duration: 01:06 Apr 30, 2014
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