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World The crowd of about 4,000 tried to force its way into the provincial council building in Basra, demanding the resignation of Electricity Minister Karim Waheed. Some tried to climb the walls of the building, hurling stones and smashing windows. Police appeared to fire into the air. Security sources said three people were wounded and one later died in hospital. Seven years after the U.S.-led invasion, Iraq's national grid still supplies only a few hours of power per day, driving up costs for businesses and compounding the summer heat. The continued absence of a new government more than three months after a March election that produced no clear winner is fuelling anger among Iraqis seeking stability and improved basic services. Demonstrators said the Basra protest was spontaneous. But provincial council officials from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law bloc said the rally had been exploited by Shi'ite political rivals, who want Maliki to give up his bid for a second term in talks on forming a coalition government. Some protesters held placards that read "We regret voting in the election." Others read "Members of the provincial council, turn off your air-conditioners" and "If you are unable to provide electricity, then don't lead the country." A coffin was hoisted into the air bearing the words "The death of electricity" and "Prime Minister, Basra needs electricity." POOR CITY FLOATING ON OIL Maliki dispatched a delegation to Basra to investigate and ordered that extra diesel be supplied to private businessmen running generators upon whom many Iraqis rely for the bulk of their electricity. "The prime minister calls on the people of Basra to be calm and to show self-restraint, and not to give a chance to those who want to exploit this issue and stir instability in Basra province," Maliki's office said in a statement. Basra and the south are rich in oil and key to Iraq's bid to join the elite of global oil producers on the back of multi-billion-dollar deals. But battered by insurgent attacks and years of neglect, electricity plants are running at about two thirds of their 11,000-megawatt capacity. In December 2008, Iraq signed $3 billion contracts with General Electric and Siemens to add another 11,000 MW. A similar protest was held this week in the southern city of Nassiriya where a senior official in the provincial council of Dhi Qar province resigned over the power shortages. Dozens also demonstrated in Baghdad's Karrada district on Saturday. It was not clear who organised the two events. 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