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Unrest in Iraqi capital, Baghdad

Anti-government protesters in Baghdad, Iraq.

Source: AAP Image/AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

The death toll from three days of mass anti-government protests in Iraq has risen to 20, with hundreds more wounded as authorities imposed a curfew in several cities and cut internet access across much of the country to quell unrest. More in our correspondent's report from Erbil.



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