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January 31, 2014

Iraq: More Than 900 Killed in January 
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In Iraq, a group of suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a government
building in Baghdad on Thursday, taking hostages and killing a number of
people before security forces regained control. Reports on the precise
death toll varied, with some tallies as high as 24. The attack comes as
the Iraqi army battles anti-government fighters in Anbar province.
Agence France-Presse reports more than 900 people have died in violence
in Iraq this month, more than three times the total for last January.

 

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