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Monitors: Twin Blasts Kill 40 in Damascus

by VOA News

   A monitoring group says twin bombings in Syria's capital have killed at
   least 40 people and wounded dozens more.

   The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the blasts in Damascus
   Saturday happened in the Bab al-Saghir area, which houses several
   Shi'ite mausoleums that draw pilgrims from around the world.

   There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.