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Iraqis finalise poll results

Baghdad: The final results of the Iraqi election were announced yesterday, with the Shia United Iraqi Alliance confirmed as the winners. The move starts the clock on the long-awaited formation of a new government. Of the 275-member parliament 128 seats have been taken by the Shia alliance, 53 by the Kurdish Alliance, 44 by the Sunni-led National Concord Front, and 25 by the Iraqi National List of Ayad Allawi.

Skull in luggage

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Florida: Myrlene Severe, 30, a Haitian living in the US, faces federal charges after a human skull with hair and skin was found in her luggage at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International airport. She said it was for her Voodoo faith. (AP)

Offensive fruit

Hanoi: A website seeking to advertise grapefruit will not be permitted to register in Vietnam because the word is spelt the same as penis. “We have to refuse the website name of www.buoi.com.vn,” a government official said. (AFP)