Voice of America: Report: At Least 20 Shi'ite Pilgrims Killed in Iraq Blast

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Report: At Least 20 Shi'ite Pilgrims Killed in Iraq Blast Jan 3rd 2013, 15:32 Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrims marked the end of the Arbaeen ceremony on Thursday in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala.   But violence has marred the week, a suicide car bomber killed at least 20 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Mussayab on Thursday, during the peak of a Shi'ite religious rite, police said.   Mussayab is located some 60 kilometers south of the capital, Baghdad.   Arbaeen marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for ...

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