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Iraq’s landmark constitution was adopted by a majority of voters during the country’s Oct. 15 referendum, election officials said Tuesday.

Results released by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq showed that Sunni Arabs, who had sharply opposed the draft document, failed to produce the three-quarters “no” vote they would have needed in at least three of Iraq’s 18 provinces to defeat it.

Iraq’s Shiite and Kurdish leaders are hoping the charter will unite the country, where Sunni insurgents are waging a campaign of suicide bombings and shootings in a bid to topple the U.S.-backed government.

Source: MSNBC.