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Suicide bombers kill more than 70 in Iraq

Apr. 23, 2009
Suicide bombers in Iraq launched two deadly attacks Thursday, killing at least 45 people in Diyala province and at least 28 in Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.
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