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  • Suicide car bombing kills 16 in Iraq
  • Bombs kill more than 30 in Baghdad, Mosul
  • Iraq attacks leave 31 dead, 47 injured
  • Obama still looks for Iraq pullout in 16 months
  • Soldiers Improve Life for Citizens in Baghdad District
  • Bombings tear through Baghdad, Mosul, killing 31

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    Serial killer Sobhraj looks for escape clause
    Serial killer, Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a life sentence in Nepal for the 1975 murder of an American tourist, has now moved the UN for justice, filing a complaint against the Nepalese...

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