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                             Attacks Kill 7 in Iraq

   New attacks in three Iraqi cities have killed at least seven people and
   wounded more than 60 others.
   Officials say a suicide bombing followed by clashes between militants
   and Iraqi troops left three soldiers dead Tuesday in Tarmiyah, north of
   the capital, Baghdad.
   Farther north, two car bombs exploded in Tuz Khormato, killing three
   people, while car bombs in Kirkuk killed at least one person. Both
   cities are in an area that Iraq`s Kurds want to incorporate into their
   autonomous region, a move the central government opposes.
   Iraq is experiencing its worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops
   withdrew from the country in December 2011.
   On Monday, a wave of car bombings and suicide attacks against Shi`ite
   Muslims killed at least 76 people.
   The attacks increased the number of Iraqis killed in sectarian clashes
   over the past week to more than 200, including 70 who died Friday in a
   series of bombings targeting Sunnis.
   In the United States, White House spokesman Jay Carney condemned all
   the attacks in Iraq over the past several days, saying U.S. officials
   have been in contact with "a wide range of Iraqi leaders ... to help
   resolve ongoing political and sectarian tensions."
   The unrest has raised fears of a return to the level of sectarian
   fighting that left tens of thousands dead in 2006 and 2007.
   Violence has fallen from that peak, but the United Nations said 712
   people were killed in April, making it the deadliest month in Iraq
   since June 2008.
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