01-30-2005, 09:32 PM
<b>Iraqis vote amid violence</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Polls have closed in Iraq's first free election in a half century, with officials reporting a higher than expected turnout of registered voters amid attacks and threats of violence.
Insurgents carried out more than a dozen attacks across the country on Sunday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 71 others.
At least eight suicide bombings took place during the voting. There are reports of a ninth, but CNN has not confirmed those reports.
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Insurgents carried out more than a dozen attacks across the country on Sunday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 71 others.
At least eight suicide bombings took place during the voting. There are reports of a ninth, but CNN has not confirmed those reports.
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