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Bombs struck Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said.
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Bombs against Sunni Muslim worshippers in Baghdad and north of the capital killed 12 people on Friday, officials said, the latest in an uptick in violence ahead of provincial elections next week.
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Tens of thousands of Sunni protesters blocked a major highway in western Iraq on Friday, as an al Qaeda-affiliated group called on Sunnis to take up arms against the Shiite-led government.
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Iraq`s incumbent Shi`ite Muslim prime minister said the next government to be formed after an inconclusive election in March had to include the Sunni-backed coalition that won the most seats.
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The All India Ulema and Mashaikh Board on Sunday alleged that Sunnis were being ignored by the state and Central governments.
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Shi’ites and Sunnis in Iraq on Saturday started Ramadan at the same time for the first time since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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Powerful Shiite politicians and Iraq`s leading Sunni insurgency group have accused each other of being responsible for massive truck blasts in Baghdad.
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