Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

Iraq bomb toll jumps to 25 killed-police
24 Jun 2009 17:26:37 GMT
 Source: Reuters

Background

•  Iraq in turmoil

MORE >>
BAGHDAD, June 24 (Reuters) - A bomb in a popular market in Sadr City, a Shi'ite slum in northeastern Baghdad, killed 25 people on Wednesday, Iraqi police said.

The explosion, which came six days before U.S. combat troops are due to withdraw from Iraqi towns and cities, wounded 45 people, police said.


AlertNet news is provided by
Email this article       Send comments

Emergencies

•  Iraq in turmoil

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  FIRST COMPREHENSIVE IRAQI TRAINING COURSE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE HELPS LOCAL PARAMEDICS SAVE LIVES
IMC - USA

•  Church World Service's McCullough urges honest talk about tough West Africa issues
CWS

•  CWS's Jessica Eby to speak at refugee rights and policy conference
CWS

•  Iraq’s refugees; the region’s largest displacement crisis goes on
World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe/ Central Asia

•  MAG Iraq report - May 2009
MAG - UK

MORE >>

Latest news

•  Iraq bomb toll jumps to 25 killed-police

•  Bomb kills six in Baghdad's Sadr City - police

•  FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 24

•  Khamenei vows no retreat on Iran election result

•  Financial bodies like IMF, W.Bank need reform - UN

MORE >>

AlertNet news is provided by

Background information

Briefings
Iraq in turmoil - [Who works where]

Facts & figures
Iraq United States of America
Statistics graphs
Landmine casualties (2007)
Chart for Landmine casualties
View more stats

Related articles

Breaking stories
 Iraq bomb toll jumps to 25 killed-police (1 minute ago)

Bomb kills six in Baghdad's Sadr City - police (1 minute ago)

AlertNet insight
 Obama's first 100 days: Key humanitarian issues (1 minute ago)

Aid agency news feed
 FIRST COMPREHENSIVE IRAQI TRAINING COURSE IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE HELPS LOCAL PARAMEDICS SAVE LIVES (1 minute ago)

Blogs
 Climate change cash key to unlocking progress on global deal (1 minute ago)

Maps
 MAP: Swine Influenza (as of 29 Apr 2009) - Location Map (1 minute ago)


Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-06-24T144954Z_01_BAG402_RTRIDSP_2_FLU-IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG402.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-06-21T204143Z_01_BAG07_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-VIOLENCE-KIRKUK_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG07.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-06-20T124507Z_01_BAG403_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG403.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-06-17T190432Z_01_SYR03_RTRIDSP_2_SYRIA_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/SYR03.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-06-17T190137Z_01_SYR04_RTRIDSP_2_SYRIA_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/SYR04.htm

Iraq's Health Minister Saleh Al-Hasnawi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad June 24, 2009. Al-Hasnawi confirmed on Wednesday the country's first cases of the H1N1 flu virus, saying six members ...


More pictures | Galleries
Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Wed Jun 24 17:28:19 2009