Eight killed as Iraq Shi'ites converge on festival
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Mortars killed eight people as   hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converged on an Iraqi holy   city on Friday for a religious festival where Shi'ite leaders   renewed demands for sweeping new powers in their region.
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A suicide car bomber killed 14 Shi'ite  worshippers as they left a Baghdad mosque on Friday, a Muslim  holy day, ratcheting up tension between Iraq's religious  communities just nine days before landmark elections.
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KERBALA, Iraq  - Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala on Saturday for the climax of a major Shi'ite ceremony after gunmen from a Shi'ite cult attacked pilgrims and police in two other southern cities.
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Fourteen South Asian pilgrims  were ambushed and killed on their way to Shi'ite Muslim sites  in Iraq, hospital, police and army sources said on Saturday.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Iraqi soldiers and police fought running battles with gunmen from a Shi'ite cult in two southern cities on Friday ahead of the climax of a holy festival for Shi'ite Muslims, security officials said.
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Gunmen killed nine members of two Shi'ite families in Baghdad on Sunday a day after militias raided a mixed neighborhood and forced dozens of Sunni families to flee in a serious escalation of sectarian violence.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 30 -- A series of separate bomb and gun attacks killed dozens of Shiite worshippers in Iraq on Tuesday, a day after Iraqi and U.S. forces disrupted what they said was a major plot to target Shiite pilgrims and leaders as they mark the high point of their religious calendar.
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Thousands of people prepared for funerals Monday after deadly attacks in two of Shiite Islam&#39;s holiest cities in Iraq. More than 60 people wee killed in the attacks on Sunday.
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Security is high in Iraq for the Shia Muslim festival Ashura, after dozens die as a Shia cult clashes with police.
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BAGHDAD -- Bombers struck Shi'ite worshipers in two cities yesterday and gunmen ambushed a busload of pilgrims in a series of attacks that killed at least 58 people as more than 2 million Shi'ites jammed major shrines for ceremonies marking Ashoura, the holiest day of the Shi'ite calendar.
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HILLA, Iraq  - Insurgents killed 112 Shi'ite pilgrims streaming to the holy city of Kerbala in attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, including more than 70 after suicide bombers blew themselves up in a street lined with tents.
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A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed eight people near a Shi'ite mosque in the volatile Iraqi city of Baquba on Thursday, police said.
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HILLA, Iraq  - Insurgents killed 112 Shi'ite pilgrims heading for the holy Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday, including nearly 80 after two suicide bombers blew themselves up in one crowded street lined with tents.
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BAGHDAD - As top Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim leaders broke their Ramadan fast together in a symbolic show of unity yesterday, a suicide bomber struck in their midst, killing as many as 25 people and injuring 40 in Baqubah.
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Snipers fired on a major Shiite religious procession in Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 16 pilgrims and injuring 230, officials said. Four suspected gunmen were shot dead by police.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 -- A wave of violence, including attacks on a pro-American Sunni volunteer force, left eight people dead in Iraq on Saturday, police officials said.
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BAGHDAD -- More than 115 Shi'ite pilgrims were killed in a coordinated series of attacks across Iraq yesterday, a wave of violence on the eve of one of Shi'ite Islam's most sacred holidays that appeared intended to widen Iraq's sectarian divide.