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Car bomb blast in Iraq's northern Kurdistan - TV
09 May 2007 04:42:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
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ARBIL, Iraq, May 9 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded on Wednesday in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraqiya state television reported.

Car bombs are rare in the Kurdish region, which has been spared much of the violence engulfing other parts of Iraq.

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Protesters burn effigies of U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during a rally in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad, May 9, 2007. Hundreds of supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr attended the demonstration denouncing Cheney's visit to Iraq. The Arabic inscriptions on the banner reads: "We demand the Iraqi government not to welcome the messenger of terror Dick Cheney".


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