BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Mortar rounds hit an Iraqi Sunni Muslim mosque and a bomb exploded in a Shi'ite mosque on Friday in attacks that killed eight and fuelled tensions a day before provincial elections.
Troops also fired on Sunni Muslim protesters in Kirkuk in clashes that killed at least two people during a rally against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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