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Car bomb kills 21 celebrating end of Ramadan in Iraq - police


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, killing at least 21 people celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, police said.

    A further 50 people were wounded by the blast in Khan Bani Saad, about 30 km (20 miles) northeast of the capital Baghdad.

    (Reporting by Isabel Coles; Editing by Andrew Heavens)