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| A car bomb has killed at least 33 people and injured dozens more in a mostly Shia Muslim district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. | A car bomb has killed at least 33 people and injured dozens more in a mostly Shia Muslim district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. |
| The blast happened in Bayaa in the south-west of the city - an area which has been targeted several times by car bombs blamed on Sunni insurgents. | The blast happened in Bayaa in the south-west of the city - an area which has been targeted several times by car bombs blamed on Sunni insurgents. |
| Bystanders used blankets to carry away dead and injured, placing them in the back of pick-up trucks, Reuters said | Bystanders used blankets to carry away dead and injured, placing them in the back of pick-up trucks, Reuters said |
| Eight US soldiers and a journalist have also been killed in separate attacks. | |
| Six of the soldiers and the journalist were killed in a roadside bombing northeast of the capital, the US military said. | |
| Another two soldiers died in separate bomb attacks in Baghdad. | |
| The deaths mark an upsurge in American fatalities, with 14 soldiers killed in the past three days. | |
| Bombs have continued to rock Baghdad despite an 11-week security clampdown. | Bombs have continued to rock Baghdad despite an 11-week security clampdown. |
| Correspondents say that while the so-called surge has managed to reduce deaths linked to sectarian violence, there is little evidence that it has made inroads against the insurgency. | Correspondents say that while the so-called surge has managed to reduce deaths linked to sectarian violence, there is little evidence that it has made inroads against the insurgency. |
| North of the capital in the Sunni city of Samarra, coordinated attacks on a police station left at least 10 people dead. | North of the capital in the Sunni city of Samarra, coordinated attacks on a police station left at least 10 people dead. |
| Militants fired shots at the police station and then a suicide car bomber rammed the gates. The local police chief was said to be among the dead. | Militants fired shots at the police station and then a suicide car bomber rammed the gates. The local police chief was said to be among the dead. |
| In other developments | In other developments |
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