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Suicide attacks in Iraq ahead of vote

August 14, 2013Global Politics

Suicide attacks in the central Iraqi city of Baquba have killed more than 30 people and injured dozens more. The attacks come just days before parliamentary elections. Marco Werman talks with Sahar Issa, with McClatchey Newspapers in Baghdad.

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