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About 2,000 Shiites staged their first significant street protests against provincial election results Sunday, marching in tense Diyala province.
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A U.S. army soldier attached to Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment takes his position on a street in southern Baqouba, the capital of Iraq’s Diyala province, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. A..
