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Bombers target markets, mosque in Iraq, 25 dead

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs tore through markets in Baghdad and a suicide attacker blew himself up in a mosque in northern Iraq in violence across the country on Thursday that killed at least 25 people and extended a surge in sectarian-tinged bloodshed. Full story

Bombs, shooting kill at least 15 across Iraq: police

Baghdad (Reuters) - At least 15 people were killed in bomb blasts and a shooting in Iraq on Wednesday, police and hospital sources said. Full story

Suicide bombers target Iraqi Kurds in disputed areas

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Three suicide bombers attacked Kurdish security forces and the local headquarters of a Kurdish political party in a disputed oil-rich area of northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing three people, police and medics said. Full story

Militants bombed Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, halting oil flow: Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants blew up a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude from Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan on Monday night, stopping the flow of oil, an Iraqi oil ministry spokesman said. Full story

Gun battle in Iraq kills at least 26 people

   Gunfire broke out between Iraqi forces and Sunni protesters in Kirkuk, Iraq, leaving at least 26 people dead. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

Bombs at five Iraqi Shi'ite mosques kill 19

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs hit five Shi'ite mosques in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk just after prayers on Friday, killing 19 worshippers and injuring another 130. Full story

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Residents gather outside Al-Zahraa husseiniyah, a Shiite place of worship, after a suicide bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250km north of Baghdad, May 16, 2013. A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the Shi'ite mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing at least eight people

Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk
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Iraqi security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad, May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed

Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk
Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk

Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad, May 15, 2013.REUTERS/Ako Rasheed