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Suicide Bomber Kills 45 Outside Iraqi Police Recruiting Center

   VOA News  18 January 2011

Photo: Reuters

   Residents  transfer the bodies of bomb attack victims to a hospital in
   Tikrit, some 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, 18 Jan 2011.

   Iraqi  officials say a suicide bomber has killed 45 people and wounded
   at  least  75  others  in  an  attack  outside  a police station where
   potential recruits had gathered.
   The  blast  occurred  Tuesday  in  the  late dictator Saddam Hussein's
   hometown of Tikrit. Â
   Local  police  say  at  least  100  people had gathered to apply for a
   position  with  the  Iraqi  security  forces.  It was not immediately
   clear how many of the victims were police recruits or civilians.
   Following the attack, mosques broadcasted appeals for people to donate
   blood for the wounded.
   Recently,  there have been a number of suicide bombings throughout the
   country as it struggles to emerge out of years of war.
   On Monday, a suicide bomber attacked a convoy carrying the governor of
   Anbar  province,  wounding  at  least  six people but not injuring the
   politician.
   Last  month,  a double suicide bombing near the government compound in
   Ramadi killed at least nine people and wounded about 50 others.

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