BAGHDAD, Iraq: Iraqis headed to the polls on Sunday for an early election billed as a concession to anti-government protests but expected to be boycotted by many voters who distrust official promises of reform.

Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) but few voters turned up early at one polling station at a school in central Baghdad.

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