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Explosion Kills Shiite Laborers in Iraq

from National Public Radio
October 30, 2006

An explosion in Baghdad's Sadr City district kills more than two-dozen people, and wounding at least 60 others. All of the victims were Shiite day laborers lined up looking for work.

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  • Morning Edition, October 30, 2006
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