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Aug 03, 2008

No deal on election bill, bomb kills 12 in Baghdad (AP)

A person injured in a truck bomb blast lies in a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2008. A truck bomb exploded during rush hour Sunday on a busy commercial street in northern Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about two dozen, Iraqi police and health officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizba)AP - Despite intense U.S. pressure, Iraqi leaders failed Sunday to resolve differences over how to govern the oil-rich city of Kirkuk ? a dispute that is blocking provincial elections and stoking tension in the volatile north.