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Suicide bomber kills five at Iraq funeral
01 Jan 2008 13:58:13 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Jan 1 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vesttargeted mourners at a funeral in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding 15, a police source said.

The source said the casualty toll from the blast in the Zayouna neighbourhood could rise.
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