Iraq PM calls for emergency after city is seized by militants
June 10, 2014  21:16
Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul. Maliki acknowledged 'vital areas' of the country's second largest city had been seized.Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria seized control of key government buildings late Monday night, leaving the central government's control of northern Iraq in grave doubt.
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