Protests in Southern Iraq to Demand Better Services, Jobs

Iraqis demanding better public services and jobs took to the streets again on Sunday in the southern oil-rich province of Basra, as authorities put security forces on high alert and blocked internet on the sixth day of protests in the country's Shiite heartland. The protests come at a delicate time as Iraq is in a limbo of sorts, awaiting the final results of a recount of the ballots from May's national elections before a new government can be formed. The elections, the fourth...

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