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| At least 38 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in central Iraq, police and medical officials say. | |
| Sixteen died when a suicide bomber target a funeral for a pro-government Sunni militiaman in a village south of Baquba, the capital of Diyala province. | |
| Seven car bombs meanwhile exploded across Baghdad, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens more. | |
| There has been a surge in sectarian violence across Iraq in the past year, reaching levels not seen since 2007. | There has been a surge in sectarian violence across Iraq in the past year, reaching levels not seen since 2007. |
| The United Nations says 7,818 civilians and 1,050 members of the security forces died in 2013. December alone saw at least 759 killed. | |
| Wednesday's attacks come amid a continuing stand-off between security forces and Sunni militants aligned to al-Qaeda who seized control of the city of Falluja, west of Baghdad, more than two weeks ago. | |
| The militants launched co-ordinated attacks to the north of the city on Tuesday, destroying two army tanks and capturing a police station. | |
| Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, a Shia, has vowed to eradicate the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), but has ruled out an assault on Falluja, saying residents must force the group to leave. |