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Car Bomb Kills 35 at Baghdad Funeral

   VOA News  January 27, 2011

   Iraqi  officials  say a car bomb has exploded at a funeral in Baghdad,
   killing at least 35 people.
   The  blast  Thursday  in  a  mainly  Shi'ite  area of the capital also
   wounded at least 65 others.
   In  Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood, a roadside bomb killed one person
   and  wounded  at least five others. Officials say three of the wounded
   are policemen.
   Another  roadside  bombing,  in  the  Bab  al-Maudham area, killed one
   person and wounded three others.
   There  has  been  a recent surge of violence in Iraq, with a series of
   bombings targeting Shi'ite pilgrims and security forces.

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