Car Bomb Hits Baghdad

April 30 2010

Iraq

A car bomb exploded near a liquor store in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Thursday night, reports the BBC.

The blast killed eight people and wounded at least 20 others, said security officials.

Separately, Iraqi election officials said Thursday that a recount of the Baghdad ballots from the March 7 parliamentary elections could take three weeks.

Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shi'ite coalition narrowly lost to former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's bloc, and Maliki alleged...

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