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Car bomb kills 8, wounds 16 in Iraq's Kerbala
09 Dec 2006 08:29:24 GMT
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KERBALA, Iraq, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A car bomb ripped through a busy market in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding 16, police said.

The blast hit the al Abassi market, which is near the holy shrine of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) south of Baghdad.

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Iraq's Finance Minister Bayan Jabor attends a news conference in Basra in this November 18, 2006 file photo. Jabor told Reuters on Monday that the Government has targeted an exchange rate to reach 1,260 Iraqi dinars to the U.S. dollar in the first three months of 2007 from the current 1,500 to the U.S. Dollar.


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