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August 3, 2008

Car Bomb Kills 12 in Baghdad 
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2 others wounded in attack near passport office in Iraq's capital 
Iraqi police say a car bomb in northern Baghdad has killed 12 people.At
least 22 others were wounded in Sunday's attack, which took place near a
passport office in the capital's northern Adhamiya district. In other
violence in Iraq's capital, nine people, including six civilians, were
wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol. The bombings
came hours before Iraq's parliament is scheduled to hold a special
session to try to resolve a dispute about power-sharing proposals for
the northern region of Kirkuk.

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


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