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Deaths Mount as Iraqi PM Promises Shakeup

Iraqis in Najaf carry the coffin of a relative killed Sunday in Baghdad.
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Iraqis in Najaf carry the coffin of a relative killed Sunday in Baghdad.

A bombing on a bus in Baghdad kills 16 and wounds 20, one day after 35 police recruits were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a police station in Baghdad.

In the face of such instability, Iraq's Shiite prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is promising to shake-up his cabinet.

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