78 dead as Iraq bombs hit Shiites
China Daily | Updated: 2012-01-07 07:55
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Hana Abbas Lazim, 11, grieves at the hospital for her father, who was killed in a bomb attack in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad on Thursday. A wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said. Karim Kadim / Associated Press |
BAGHDAD - A wave of attacks against Shiite Muslims killed at least 78 people on Thursday, the worst toll in nearly five months, as Iraq grappled with a weeks-long political row that has stoked sectarian tensions.
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