Suicide blasts kill Shia pilgrims
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Two suicide bombers attack a group of Shia pilgrims in central Iraq, killing at least 47 people, police say.
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: A suicide car bomber ploughed into a Shia mosque in Baghdad after dawn prayers today, killing 14 people and stoking fears that sectarian divisions over when to hold elections could unleash further bloodshed.
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Two suicide bombers turned a procession of Shiite pilgrims into a blood-drenched stampede Tuesday, killing scores with a first blast and then claiming more lives among fleeing crowds. At least 106 were killed amid a wave of deadly strikes against Shiites heading for a solemn religious ritual.
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Shia Muslim leaders in Iraq urge their people not to avenge two car bomb attacks that left more than 60 dead.
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Huge car bomb blasts have killed and injured many people in the Shia Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala. In Najaf at least 30 people have died and another 65 were injured when a bomb exploded near a shrine say officials.
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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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The two minarets of one of Iraq's holiest Shia sites are damaged by explosions, officials in Samarra say.
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The two minarets of the al-Askari shrine in Iraq, one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam, are damaged by several explosions, officials say.
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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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BAGHDAD, March 6 -- At least 146 Shiite pilgrims were killed in a series of attacks across central Iraq on Tuesday, a wave of violence on the eve of one of Shiite Islam's most sacred holidays that appeared intended to widen Iraq's sectarian divide.
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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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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.
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Attacks on Shiite pilgrims continued Wednesday, with at least 11 people killed by bombs and gunfire who were heading for a solemn religious ritual, police said.
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At least 67 people were killed and many injured when a car bomb hit the Iraqi holy cities of Karbala and Najaf on Sunday. In Najaf, at least 51 people were killed when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle
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Iraqi Shia leaders appealed to their supporters to show restraint yesterday after two deadly blasts targeted their religious centres in an apparent attempt to trigger civil war.
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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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A suicide car bomb targeting Iranian pilgrims struck near a Shiite shrine in the holy city of Kufa on Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 37, police said.