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| Deadly attacks in northern Iraq | Deadly attacks in northern Iraq |
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| At least 20 people have been killed in a double suicide bomb attack in northern Iraq, police and medics say. | |
| About 40 people were injured when two bombers detonated their explosives vests in the town of Tal Afar. | |
| In Baghdad, at least five people were killed and nearly 20 injured in two bomb explosions in Sadr City. | |
| The blasts are the latest in a series of bombings since the withdrawal last month of US combat troops from Iraqi towns and cities. | |
| The first blast rocked Tal Afar after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest, police were quoted by Reuters as saying. | The first blast rocked Tal Afar after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest, police were quoted by Reuters as saying. |
| The second attack followed as people gathered at the scene of the first explosion. | The second attack followed as people gathered at the scene of the first explosion. |
| There are fears that the death toll will rise further, police say. | There are fears that the death toll will rise further, police say. |
| In Sadr City, a Shia area of the Iraqi capital, two bomb blasts in a market killed at least five people. | |
| The bombs were reportedly placed in rubbish piles in the area. | |
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