Over 66% vote in Iraq's 8 provinces

Xinhua - English: "BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Eight of Iraq's 18 provinces, including three Sunni Arab provinces, had a turnout of more than 66 percent in the landmark referendum on the draft constitution, an electoral official said on Saturday.

Hamdiya al-Husseini, member of the Independent Elections Commission of Iraq, gave the figure at a news conference after the close of polls, without giving the final turnout figures... "