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Roadside bomb kills Iraqi governor, police chief
11 Aug 2007 14:07:36 GMT
Source: Reuters
DIWANIYA, Iraq, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The governor and police chief of Iraq's southern Qadisiya province were killed in a roadside bombing on Saturday, police said.

Police said the two men had been returning to Diwaniya, the provincial capital, from a funeral for a tribal sheikh 30 km (18 miles) south of the city when the bomb hit their convoy of four-wheel drives.


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