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Bombers kill 7 soldiers

BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers killed seven soldiers and wounded 25 in two separate attacks on polling centres in Baghdad as security forces, inmates and the infirm took part in early voting ahead of Iraq's national polls.

BAGHDAD - Suicide bombers killed seven soldiers and wounded 25 in two separate attacks on polling centres in Baghdad as security forces, inmates and the infirm took part in early voting ahead of Iraq's national polls.

A source at the interior ministry said the first attacker struck at a polling station in western Baghdad's Mansour neighbourhood, killing three soldiers. The second bomber attacked in central Baghdad, killing four soldiers who were lining up to vote ahead of the March 7 election. - Reuters

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