DOZENS DEAD, HUNDREDS INJURED IN IRAQ QUAKE

A powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake Sunday hit the region along the border between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 61 people and injuring 300 in Iran, an Iranian official said. Iranian state TV said Iraqi officials had reported six deaths and 200 injuries in Iraq, though there was no official comment from Iraq’s government. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centred 31 kilometres outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja. The semi-official Iranian ILNA news agency said at least 14 provinces in Iran had been affected by the quake.