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Baghdad car bomb kills at least 8 people - police


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in northeastern Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least eight people and wounding 25 more in a busy market area, Iraqi police and hospital sources said.

    The blast near a restaurant in the mainly Shi'ite Shula district was the first serious attack on the Iraqi capital since mid-May when a suicide bomber hit a police checkpoint in Baghdad.

    (Reporting by Baghdad newsroom; Writing by Patrick Markey; Editing by Alison Williams)