Bombing claims 7 as Iraq launches a wary campaign
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An Iraqi political campaign colored by hope but tempered by worry began yesterday with a bomb blast that killed at least seven people outside one of southern Iraq&#39;s holiest shrines.
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Secretary of Defense tempers comments with concern about continued attacks and need to build up Iraqi forces. Deadly attacks: Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs within 15 minutes of each other in Baghdad
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Two car bombs ripped through crowded Baghdad streets on Monday, killing at least 21 people and wounding 96, as insurgents step up their campaign to undermine the country&#39;s
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A bomb near a Shi'ite shrine and an  outspoken attack on Iran by an Iraqi minister fueled fears of  sectarian strife as campaigning began on Wednesday for Iraq's  first free election since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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Only days into Iraq&#39;s six-week election campaign, an eruption of violence today killed at least 60 people and wounded about 120 others in car bombings in Iraq&#39;s two holiest Shiite cities, Najaf and Karbala.
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Insurgents have launched new attacks in several Iraqi cities, continuing their campaign of violence in the face of a US and Iraqi offensive to crush them.
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A double bombing killed at least seven people and wounded 25 outside the Baghdad office of a government agency that cares for Sunni mosques and shrines.
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Roadside bombers killed seven U.S. troops Saturday, four of them in a single blast near Baghdad, and an eighth soldier died of a non-combat cause &#151; raising to 25 the number of American soldiers killed this week.
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Six weeks before Iraq's nationwide vote, another blast of violence hit the country Sunday, including two deadly bombings that claimed dozens of lives and an ambush that killed three employees of Iraq's electoral commission.
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The Basque separatist group ETA set off  bombs in seven cities across Spain Monday, slightly wounding  five people and escalating their renewed fight for independence  on the day Spaniards celebrate unity.
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The attack underscored the fragility of the electoral process in Iraq and evoked the lurking threat of sectarian strife.
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BAGHDAD: A US soldier and seven Iraqi civilians died in a spate of attacks yesterday. Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, meanwhile, travelled to Jordan to try to win support from exiled opposition leaders for the January 30 elections.
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At least 16 people died in suicide bombings in Baghdad and Mosul yesterday as insurgents stepped up their campaign to undermine Iraq&#39;s security forces and sow ethnic tensions before elections scheduled for January.
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A car bomb killed seven people and wounded about 20 late yesterday in Baghdad, hours after US forces pounded the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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SEVEN people were killed in a car bombing at a cafe near the Australian embassy in Baghdad today. At least 20 other people were wounded, a US officer at the scene of the blast said.
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Iraqi authorities say a suicide car-bomb blast in central Baghdad killed at least seven Iraqis and wounded 19 other people Monday - the anniversary of Saddam Hussein&#39;s capture by US forces.
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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.