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Residents look over the aftermath of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's Shaab District in northern Baghdad, Iraq on July 31, 2009. At least 20 people were killed in the blast. Five bombs exploded near Shiite mosques across Baghdad in a coordinated attack that left at least 29 dead and scores wounded. UPI/Ali Jasim 
Published: Nov. 4, 2009 at 8:29 AM

BAGHDAD, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Separate explosions in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad injured at least 16 people Wednesday, Iraqi police say.

Five people were injured when a car bomb exploded near a checkpoint in the al-Athamiyah neighborhood while at least seven others suffered injuries in an explosion in the al-Eskan neighborhood, KUNA, the Kuwait News Agency, reports.

Police said four more Iraqis were injured in a third explosion on a highway in the northern part of the capital.

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