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Huge Car Bomb Kills 40 In Eastern Iraq

Dozens of casualties still without medical attention

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 15, 2008 6:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – A car bomb ripped through the Iraqi city of Baquba today, leaving at least 40 people dead and more than 70 injured, Reuters reports. The bomb went off near midday outside a restaurant that faces the city's main courthouse. Only a short while later a... Read full story »

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