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Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Baghdad
A suicide bomber has killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens after setting off an explosive-laden vest in a busy Baghdad square crowded with rush-hour commuters.
The attack took place in Adan Square, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital, and appeared to be the latest in a near-daily string of attacks carried out by Sunni Islamic extremists targeting the country's Shiite majority.
A police officer provided the death toll and said 45 other people were wounded. A medical official confirmed the casualty figures.
The attack came two days after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi lifted a curfew in the capital that had been in place in various forms since 2004, when Iraq was engulfed in violence following the US-led invasion the year before.
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