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A Lebanese army soldier stands guard at the scene where a car bomb went off near a Hezbollah base near the Baalbek region, eastern Lebanon, early Tuesday, December 17, 2013. The Lebanese army and officials said, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks that have targeted the Shiite militant group’s interests in Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Civilians and security forces gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in the southern Shiite city of Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, April 29, 2013. Five car bombs exploded Monday in predominantly Shi’ite cities and districts in central and southern Iraq, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo)
Car bombs, shootings kill 23 across Iraq
Baghdad, Reuters—At least 23 people were killed in Iraq on Monday in a series of car bombs in Shi’ite Muslim areas and militant attacks, medics and police sources said, taking the week’s death toll to nearly 200 as sectarian violence intensifies. Clashes...Caption:
A police trooper holds a machine gun mounted on a police truck as he secures the vicinity around a state security court during the trials of al-Qaeda suspects in Sanaa. (R)