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More Than 20 Killed in Iraq Bombings

By Philip Reeves
Published April 23, 2005 at 9:00 PM MST

More than 20 people are killed in Iraq in two separate double bombings. A vehicle packed with explosives drove into a crowd in a popular Baghdad ice cream shop, followed shortly by a second car bomb. Another, similar pair of explosions struck in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.

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Philip Reeves
Philip Reeves is an award-winning international correspondent covering South America. Previously, he served as NPR's correspondent covering Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India.
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