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Car Bombs Kill 5 in Iraqi Holy City

   VOA News 29 March 2010

   Iraqi  officials say two car bombs in the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala
   have killed at least five people and wounded about 55.
   Police  say  the  first  bomb  exploded  Monday  near the Imam Hussein
   shrine, a holy site for Shi'ite Muslims.
   Officials  say  a second blast went off minutes later in the vicinity,
   near a provincial office.

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

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