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Blasts and shootings kill at least 17 in Iraq

A series of apparently coordinated bombings struck Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 12 people, while five others died in violence elsewhere in Iraq, officials said.

06.08.2013

(AFP) A series of apparently coordinated bombings struck Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 12 people, while five others died in violence elsewhere in Iraq, officials said.

Iraq is struggling to contain the worst violence to hit the country since 2008, when it was emerging from a bloody sectarian conflict.