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Bombs target Iraqi Shi’ites, kill at least 73 (Reuters)

Mohammed Ali grieves over the coffins of his son, Abbas Mohammed, 9, and his daughter, Fatima Mohammed, 15, before burial in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012. Wave of explosions struck two Shiite neighborhoods on Thursday, killing and injuring dozens of Iraqis, police said, and intensifying fears that insurgents are stepping up attacks after the U.S. troop withdrawal that was completed last month. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)Reuters - Bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded scores on Thursday, police and hospital sources said, raising fears of an increase in sectarian strife.

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