Sectarian violence and Shiite gains mark Iraqi election week
Bombing of a vegetable truck near a Shiite Balad Ruz mosque and a bakery attack in eastern Baghdad killed 23, part of a surge in sectarian violence as provisional provincial results show Shiite groups leading in 12 of 18 provinces. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld visited Mosul and Baghdad amid rising casualties and stalled talk of U.S. troop withdrawals.
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Somali exile government returns eyed amid violence threats
In Mogadishu thousands welcomed lawmakers returning from exile in Kenya to assess safety. Shots fired at the delegation and a foreign journalist killed raised doubt over reclaiming Mogadishu. A transitional government formed in Kenya faces challenges from disarmament, army and police reform, and clan rivalries with support from Ethiopia and Djibouti.
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