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Iraqi Bomb Blast Kills at Least 16 at Iraq Mosque

   VOA News  June 03, 2011

   At least 16 people were killed and more than 50 wounded Friday morning
   when a bomb exploded at a Sunni mosque in the hometown of former Iraqi
   leader Saddam Hussein.
   Investigators say the blast took place as worshippers were leaving the
   mosque in Tikrit, a city about 130 kilometers north of Baghdad.
   The mosque is part of a series of palace grounds built during the
   Hussein era.
   The violence took place a day after at least nine people were killed in
   a series of explosions that rocked the western city of Ramadi.
   Investigators say least two of Thursday's blasts occurred in a market
   near government offices.

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

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