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We May 31 -

BASRA AND BAGHDAD:

State of Emergency -

*Iraq's new Prime Minister declared a state of emergency today in the southern city of Basra... A state of emergency also has been imposed on Baghdad, and the provinces of Diyala, on the Iranian border, and Anbar, which has a huge land border with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.*

:: By Philippe Naughton ::
-- Times of London --

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