BAGHDAD, June 24 (Reuters) - The death toll in a bombing on Monday in Baghdad's largely Shi'ite Sadr City slum jumped to 52, making the attack one of Iraq's worst this year, police said. Police said that 104 people were wounded in the blast at a popular market. The explosion came six days before U.S. combat troops are due to withdraw from Iraqi towns and cities.
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 ...
