the mountains was 113 percent of normal statewide on Wednesday. Wetter weather in the northern mountains left the snowpack there at 125 percent of normal, whereas in the drier southern part of the state it was at 96 percent.6 killed in attacks on polling centers in Iraq

BAGHDAD, April 28 (Xinhua) -- At least six security members were killed and 29 others wounded in attacks targeting polling centers in Iraq for early elections on Monday, police said.

A suicide bomber in police uniform blew up his explosive vest among a crowd of policemen queuing to cast their ballots at a polling center in Mansour distinct in the western part of Baghdad, leaving two policemen killed and nine others wounded, an interior ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In Salahudin province, a soldier was killed and seven others were wounded when a suicide bomber disguised in military uniform struck the soldiers at a polling center in the city of Tuz- Khurmato, some 90 km east of the provincial