Iraq Will Close Borders During Election

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi government said Sunday it will close all borders, extend curfew hours and ban travel across provincial boundaries as part of stringent security measures to protect voters during Thursday's parliamentary elections.

Meanwhile, assailants blew up an electoral center in a town 12 miles south of Samarra and opened fire on a Turkoman political party office in Mosul, wounding three people, police said.

The U.S. military also said an American soldier was killed Sunday by a roadside bomb in Baghdad