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    November 06, 2011

Blasts in Baghdad's Shorja Market Kill 6

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   Smoke rises from the site of bomb attacks targeted Baghdad's wholesale
   Shurja market, Iraq, November 6, 2011.
   Photo: Reuters
   Smoke rises from the site of bomb attacks targeted Baghdad's wholesale
   Shurja market, Iraq, November 6, 2011.

   Iraq officials say three explosions have rocked a busy market in the
   capital, killing at least 6 people and wounding more than 20.
   The blasts in Baghdad's Shorja market set fire to part of the
   commercial district Sunday, the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid
   al-Adha.
   Violence across Iraq has dropped, but deadly attacks still happen
   nearly everyday as the U.S. moves to withdraw all of its 33,000 troops
   from the country by the end of the year.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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