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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Truck bomb kills 87 in Iraqi capital

 
BAGHDAD: A massive truck bomb near a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad killed 87 people and wounded 242, according to the latest toll from security and hospital officials on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s blast was the biggest single attack in Baghdad in two months, and came days after the completion of a surge of US and Iraqi troops into the capital.

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Vietnam set to test bird-flu vaccine

HANOI: Vietnam plans to start its first human trial of a locally-made H5N1 bird-flu vaccine as early as next month, using 20 to 30 volunteers, said health officials in the communist country.

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