Author: Salma-El-Wardany—Bloomberg-News-TNS
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Iraqi election candidate killed in Baghdad bombing ahead of vote
A candidate for Iraq’s upcoming legislative elections was killed in the explosion of a car bomb in northern Baghdad, the capital’s security forces said Wednesday. A bomb exploded after midnight under a vehicle belonging to Safaa al-Mashhadani, one of the candidates in next month’s parliamentary elections. “The bomb resulted in his death and the injury…