Saturday, July 07, 2007

Iraq bomb attacks leave 50 dead

BBC

More than 50 people have been killed in a series of deadly attacks in Iraq, security sources and officials say.

At least 20 people were killed and many more injured in a truck bomb attack on a busy market in northern Iraq.

About 22 more died overnight in Diyala province when a suspected suicide bomber destroyed a cafe said to be hosting a funeral gathering.

Elsewhere, police said a family of seven sleeping on a Baghdad rooftop died when a mortar hit the building.

The dead reportedly included a couple and their four children, aged nine to 17, as well as a relative.

Many Iraqis choose to spend hot summer nights sleeping on the roof of their home because of frequent electricity failures......

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