Scores Dead in Spate of Bombings, Shootings Across Iraq
<div class='node-body'><p>A wave of bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shiite religious commemoration on Wednesday, killing at least 56 people and wounded dozens more, according to various reports and officials on the ground.</p>
<p>One of the deadliest blasts occurred in the Kadhimiyah area of north Baghdad, Al-Jazeera <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/20126135517423300.html">reports</a>, where tens of thousands of Shia pilgrims had gathered to mark the anniversary of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim's death.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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