Bombs carnage ahead of Iraq elections
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Car bomb attacks brought more carnage to the streets of two Iraqi cities today, killing at least 26 people as the interim government struggles to stamp out an insurgency ahead of elections scheduled for January.
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Suicide car bombers hit Iraq's two main Shi'ite holy cities, Kerbala and Najaf, killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens more Sunday, six weeks to the day before an historic election.
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A bomb near a Shi'ite shrine killed  eight people and a fierce attack on Iran by a minister fueled  fears of sectarian strife when campaigning began on Wednesday  for Iraq's first election since Saddam Hussein's fall.
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Iraq ushered in the New Year on Saturday the same way it ended the last one -- with a string of assassinations and bombings by insurgents bent on wrecking a landmark Jan. 30 election.
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Car bombings in Baghdad and Iraq&#39;s northern city of Mosul killed at least 24 people Monday, as Iraqi and US troops pressed ahead with efforts to restore security in the country.
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BAGHDAD: A series of car bomb blasts tore through Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul yesterday, killing at least 26 people and wounding more than 100.
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A BOMB near a Shiite shrine and an outspoken attack on Shiite Iran by an Iraqi minister fuelled fears of sectarian strife as campaigning began today for Iraq&#39;s first free election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Explosions reverberated across Iraq's capital and several other large cities Sunday, leaving an estimated 17 dead by early afternoon. But Iraq's first democratic election in nearly half a century was nevertheless well underway,  albeit unevenly, with visible jubilation in some areas and shuttered polling places in others.
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Suicide car bombers struck in the Iraqi Shia holy cities of Najaf and Kerbala yesterday, killing more than 60 people and injuring about 130 in a day of carnage ahead of next month&#39;s general election.
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Two blasts have killed up to 18 people, including an American soldier, in Baghdad hours before US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived to gauge efforts to calm violence ahead of January elections.
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Car bombs killed at least a dozen people in Baghdad and another major city as American forces prepared for a full-scale US attack on the insurgent stronghold Fallujah.
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Insurgents vowing total war on Sunday's Iraqi election unleashed a fresh wave of attacks on Saturday, killing eight people in a suicide bombing and three soldiers in a rocket strike.
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Two blasts killed up to 18 people,  including an American soldier, in Baghdad Sunday hours before  Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq to gauge efforts  to calm violence ahead of January elections.
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Car bombers struck twice in rapid succession in the capital Sunday, killing at least 11 people including an American soldier, as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned that violence may increase before the January election.
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Three people die in a car bomb in Baghdad, as a recount of 300 election ballot boxes begins.
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Insurgents bent on sabotaging Iraq's  Jan. 30 elections unleashed mortars and bombs and opened fire  in several cities Monday, killing at least 22 policemen and  soldiers and targeting polling stations.
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Car bombs tore through a Najaf funeral procession and Karbala's main bus station Sunday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 120 in the two Shiite holy cities. In Baghdad, gunmen launched a bold ambush, executing three election officials, in their campaign to disrupt next month's parliamentary ballot.