Australia polling station closed after riot and bomb scare
An Australian polling station for Iraqi exiles voting in their homeland’s historic election was closed for an hour on Saturday after a riot broke out and a suspicious bag prompted a bomb scare, organizers said. Bernie Hogan, the head of Australia’s overseas voting program, said the riot erupted when a group of around 20 protesters started yelling insults at voters leaving the polling center in a Sydney neighborhood dominated by Iraqi Shiites. Full Story