At Least 50 Killed in Baghdad Blasts

A string of bombings in Iraq's capital and a suicide bombing in the northern part of the country have killed about 50 people and wounded many others. Several car bombings mainly in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad Sunday killed at least 37 people.  Officials say all the explosions detonated in a span of about a half hour in various parts of Baghdad. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility, but Shi'ites and Sunni Islamists have a history of sectarian strife resulting in ...

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