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Gunmen kill 20 Shi'ite Iraqi pilgrims - source


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen killed 20 Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims in the mainly Sunni western province of Anbar on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said.

    The source said the pilgrims, who were travelling in a bus to Syria, were shot at a checkpoint set up by the gunmen.

    (Reporting by Rania El Gamal; Writing by Serena Chaudhry)