Curfew imposed in Iraqi city before Kurdish independence vote

Authorities erect checkpoints and impose nighttime curfew in contested city of Kirkuk after deadly clashes

Iraqi authorities in the northern city of Kirkuk have imposed a nighttime curfew to prevent a deadly dispute from developing into ethnic clashes before a referendum on Kurdish independence, local residents have said.

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