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Dozens Killed in Karbala Bombings

   VOA News  20 January 2011

   As  many  as  45  people  have been killed in two suicide car bombings
   outside the Iraqi Shi'ite holy city of Karbala.
   Officials  say the separate blasts occurred Thursday, as pilgrims were
   gathering for a Shi'ite religious festival.  At least 130 people were
   injured.
   There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
   Earlier  Thursday,  another suicide bomber detonated a car packed with
   explosives  outside  a police headquarters in central Diyala province,
   killing  three  people.   It  was the second attack in the area in as
   many days. Â
   Local  officials  say  another  30  people  were  injured.  The attack
   happened just blocks from the scene of Wednesday's car  bombing which
   targeted  the headquarters of an Iraqi guard force. At least 12 people
   were killed in that explosion.

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

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