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Hundreds of international observers have arrived in the Kurdish autonomous region ahead of the July 25 parliamentary and presidential elections, RFE/RL’s Radio Free Iraq (RFI) reports. 
Hamdiya al-Husseini, the chairwoman of the Kurdish region's electoral commission, told RFI that about 350 foreign monitors have been registered along with over 7,000 local observers. 

Monitors coming from various European countries and the United States, include NDI, the International Republican Institute and the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. 

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