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Car bomb kills 20 in Baghdad Shi'ite district


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in a crowded marketplace in a mainly Shi'ite district of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, police and medical sources said.

    A further 48 people were wounded by the blast in the Shurta neighbourhood of southwestern Baghdad.

    (Reporting by Baghdad bureau; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by Alison Williams)