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Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi attends the funeral of a victim killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada district September 29, 2008. Four bombs killed at least 32 people and wounded scores in busy districts of Baghdad on Sunday as Iraqis shopped and broke their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)

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