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Iraq Bombing Kills 4 Children

   VOA News 23 September 2010
   An  injured  man is rushed into a hospital after a bomb hidden under a
   car exploded at al-Ghadir area in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, 23 Sep 2010

Photo: AP

   An  injured  man is rushed into a hospital after a bomb hidden under a
   car exploded at al-Ghadir area in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, 23 Sep 2010

   Iraqi  officials say five people, including four children, were killed
   Thursday in attacks in Baghdad.
   Authorities say a bomb attached to a government worker's car exploded,
   killing four children inside it and injuring the worker and his wife.
   Meanwhile,  unidentified  gunmen  killed  an  Iraqi  army  officer and
   injured at his wife in northern Baghdad. The Associated Press says the
   officer  worked with units that provide protection to Iraqi government
   officials.

   Separately,  officials  in Baghdad say a police officer was mistakenly
   killed  after  Finance  Ministry  security  guards  opened  fire  on a
   suspicious vehicle.

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

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