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The referendum vote that could fracture Iraq

MEXICO MOURNS A wake is held in Juchitán de Zaragoza, Mexico, on Sept. 9 for Juan Jiménez, a municipal police officer killed in a building collapse during an 8.1-magnitude earthquake two days earlier. The death toll in Mexico’s strongest quake in a century had risen to 96 by Sept. 11. Residents of the badly hit state of Oaxaca are now working to rebuild their homes and lives.

IRAQ’S NORTHERN KURDISH REGION IS SET TO hold a vote on independence on Sept. 25, giving hope to nearly 30 million Kurds in Iraq, Iran, Syria

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