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Double bombing in Baghdad hits commercial area

Source: International Herald Tribune
Baghdad : Iraq | about 1 year ago  
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Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a Baghdad commercial district Thursday evening, killing 15 people and wounding 35, police and officials at three hospitals said.

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