BAGHDAD -- Attacks across Iraq killed at least 20 people Sunday, officials said, as gunmen attacked a militia leader and bombs targeted police officers and civilians.
In the capital's eastern New Baghdad neighborhood, a parked car bomb missed a police patrol but killed three civilians and wounded 10, a police officer said.
Another police officer said a car bombing in Baghdad's eastern Sadr City neighborhood killed one person and wounded 11.
In the Baghdad's southwestern suburb of Radwaniyah, a bomb went off in a commercial area, killing three civilians and wounding 10, authorities said. In the town of Tarmiyah, a bomb exploded near soldiers on patrol, killing two and wounding five, officials said.
At dawn Sunday, militants attacked a local leader of pro-government, anti-al-Qaida Sunni militia in his house in the town of Madain.
Libyans protest militia
TRIPOLI, Libya -- Residents of the Libyan capital launched a general strike Sunday and held protests, demanding the city's myriad of powerful militias be disbanded after violence in which nearly 50 people were killed over the weekend.
Tripoli residents are seething with anger over the violence that erupted Friday, particularly directed at powerful militias from the western city of Misrata operating in the capital.
In an apparent angry response at the popular pressure, Misrata's city council announced late Sunday that it is withdrawing its representatives from the interim national parliament and from the Cabinet.
The city council also called on all armed groups to withdraw from the capital for a 72-hour period.
Presidential runoff in sight
SANTIAGO, Chile -- Socialist former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet led the first round of voting in Chile's presidential election Sunday by a comfortable margin, but it appeared she would have to compete in a runoff against second-place Evelyn Matthei.
According to preliminary official results, based on close to 70 percent of the votes counted, the center-left Ms. Bachelet won 46.7 per cent of the vote compared to conservative Ms. Matthei's 25.2 percent.
If final results confirm this trend, a runoff election would be held between the two on Dec. 15 to choose a successor to President Sebastian Pinera.
Climate talks look dismal
WARSAW, Poland -- U.N. climate talks head into a tense final week today after the diplomatic effort to reduce global warming gases was hit by a series of setbacks, including Japan's decision to ditch its voluntary emissions target.
The two-decade-old negotiations have so far failed to achieve their goal of slashing emissions of carbon monoxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists say are warming the planet. They don't seem to be getting any closer after a tumultuous first week at this year's session in Warsaw.
9 assailants killed in China
BEIJING -- Nine assailants were shot and killed Saturday night after they tried to storm a police station in the restive western Chinese province of Xinjiang, the state-run Xinhua news agency and Radio Free Asia said. Two police officers also died in the attack.
The violence at the Selibuya police station near Kashgar comes more than two weeks after the Chinese authorities arrested five people from Xinjiang province that they said were involved in a deadly attack last month on Tiananmen Square that left five dead.
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