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    October 12, 2011

Multiple Bombings Rip Through Baghdad

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   An Iraqi policeman walks past a crater caused by a car bomb attack in
   front of a police station in Baghdad, Iraq, October 12, 2011.
   Photo: AP
   An Iraqi policeman walks past a crater caused by a car bomb attack in
   front of a police station in Baghdad, Iraq, October 12, 2011.

   Iraqi officials say a series of bombings across the capital, Baghdad,
   has killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly 70 others.
   Authorities said the deadliest attacks Wednesday were suicide bombings
   that killed 11 people outside a police station in central Baghdad and
   another in the city's northern Hurriyah district.
   A separate blast in Hurriyah killed one person and wounded 12 others,
   mostly soldiers.
   In southern Baghdad, a car bomb killed three people, while in the
   western part of the city a roadside bomb killed two people and wounded
   five others.
   The attacks follow a string of explosions Monday in the city that
   killed 10 people and wounded 19 others.
   Violence in Iraq has fallen sharply since the height of sectarian
   fighting in 2006 and 2007, but bombings and shootings still occur
   regularly.

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

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