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Iraq blasts kill 20 as year's death toll passes 5,000

 Bombings in Iraq killed 20 people Sunday and brought the year's toll to more than 5,000 dead in a surge in violence that authorities have failed to curb, officials said.

Bombings, shootings kill 45, wound 113 in Iraq

 Up to 45 people were killed and 113 wounded in separate bombings and shootings across Iraq on Sunday, amid growing tension that threatens to bring the country back to sectarian strife.