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Explosion rocks Baghdad's Sadr City, "20 killed" - report
Mar 10, 2007, 11:51 GMT
Baghdad/Cairo - At least 20 people were killed on Saturday in an explosion in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, pan-Arab news channel al-Arabiya reported.
Meanwhile mortars were reportedly fired close to the Baghdad venue which was on Saturday hosting a landmark international conference on the future of Iraq, according to the same source.
No further details were disclosed. The conference is being held outside the city's fortified 'green zone,' in the headquarters of the foreign ministry.
Separately, three Iraqi soldiers were killed during raids in and around Baghdad during the last 24 hours, according to a statement issued by the joint Iraqi army and police operations centre, newly installed to oversee operations under the new security plan for Iraq termed 'Fard al-Qanoon.'
© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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