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| Deadly car bomb blast in Baghdad | Deadly car bomb blast in Baghdad |
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| At least 16 people have been killed and more than 30 injured in a car bomb blast in northern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. | At least 16 people have been killed and more than 30 injured in a car bomb blast in northern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. |
| They say the bomb went off near a bus stop in the capital's Shaab district, a mainly Shia area. | They say the bomb went off near a bus stop in the capital's Shaab district, a mainly Shia area. |
| Reports say women and children were were among the casualties. It was not immediately clear what the target was. | Reports say women and children were were among the casualties. It was not immediately clear what the target was. |
| Violence has declined in Iraq recently, but on Monday, a suicide bomber killed 25 people in the north of the country. | Violence has declined in Iraq recently, but on Monday, a suicide bomber killed 25 people in the north of the country. |
| Nearly 70 people died earlier this month in two suicide attacks in Baghdad. | Nearly 70 people died earlier this month in two suicide attacks in Baghdad. |
| On Wednesday, a US military spokesman said that attacks across Iraq had fallen to levels of the early months of the US-led war which began in March 2003. | |
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