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Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shi'ites across Iraq
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Iraq bombs kill scores as violence spreads
At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in Iraq, raising concerns the country may slip back into civil war. NBC’s Annabel Roberts and Richard O’Kelly report.
40 killed in Iraq car bombings
A string of car bombings in Baghdad that targeted Shi’ite neighborhoods killed at least 40 people Monday at markets and bus stops.
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Iraqis suffer a second day of deadly attacks
A series of explosions targeting mainly Shiites across Iraq has raised fears about a return of the sectarian bloodshed that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-2007. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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