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Suicide bomber kills 21 in west Baghdad


    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at a dinner feast in western Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district, killing at least 21 people, police said.

    Police colonel Dawood Suleiman in the nearby city ofFallujah gave the initial death toll as 21.

    A police source in Baghdad who declined to give his namesaid 25 had died. Earlier the source had given a much lowerfigure.

    Abu Ghraib is a largely Sunni Arab district located betweencentral Baghdad and Fallujah on the main highway heading westfrom the capital.

    (Editing by Tim Pearce)