Dozens of people were killed in a suicide attack on a Baghdad cafe on Thursday, just days before scheduled provincial elections.
The bomb on Thursday night killed at least 26 pople at a cafe reportedly packed with mainly young people.
More than 50 people were also reported injured.
See the Guardian for full report.
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