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| Suicide bomb kills many in Iraq | Suicide bomb kills many in Iraq |
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| Up to 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a town south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police say. | Up to 30 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in a town south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police say. |
| About 110 people were also injured in the attack at a gathering of Sunni Muslim tribal leaders in Yusufiya, 20km (12 miles) from Baghdad. | About 110 people were also injured in the attack at a gathering of Sunni Muslim tribal leaders in Yusufiya, 20km (12 miles) from Baghdad. |
| Police said the bomber had entered the home of a sheikh as a Sunni council meeting was being held. | Police said the bomber had entered the home of a sheikh as a Sunni council meeting was being held. |
| The area was once an al-Qaeda stronghold but local Sunnis turned against the group from 2007. | |
| A number of the tribal leaders, or sheikhs, are reported to be among the casualties. | A number of the tribal leaders, or sheikhs, are reported to be among the casualties. |
| The council meeting was part of an initiative by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shia, to reach out to Sunnis to aid national reconciliation. | |
| It is the first suicide attack in Iraq this year - although some fear that the run-up to provincial elections later this month could see more settling of scores and attempts to destabilise Iraq, BBC correspondent Caroline Wyatt in Baghdad says. |