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Suicide Bomber Strikes Funeral in Baghdad
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1653878:A6F02AD83191E160E87EDCF77AA3365C9574F7DCC14957C0 Police say blast
occurred in mostly Shi'ite district of eastern Baghdad





Children stand amid debris in front of a car parts shop after a fuel
truck exploded in Taji, some 20 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq, 20
Feb 2007Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber killed at least seven
people in an attack on mourners at a funeral in Baghdad.

Police say the blast occurred in a mostly Shi'ite district of eastern
Baghdad. They say at least 15 people were wounded.

Earlier Tuesday, a car bomb attack in a southern part of the capital
killed at least five people and wounded more than 10 others.

Another five people were killed and seven wounded when a car bomb
exploded in a market in the nearby Dora district.

In the town of Taji, north of Baghdad, an explosion on a truck
carrying fuel containers killed five people. Scores of people became
sick after inhaling what officials suspect were toxic fumes. The cause
of the explosion was not immediately clear.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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