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Pressure builds on Iraqi Kurds to reverse independence vote

Reuters | @@justearthnews | 28 Sep 2017

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Iraq's Kurds have voted to create an independent state, the High Elections and Referendum Commission said on Wednesday, in a referendum that has angered the Baghdad government and regional powers Turkey and Iran. Reuters Emily Wither reports from Erbil.