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Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims

 A suicide truck bomb killed about 100 people, most of them Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, at a petrol station in the city of Hilla 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad on Thursday,

Damascus hotel hosts fleeing families, not tourists

 These are the new "tourists" in Damascus: families fleeing the violence in their hometowns who now live in decrepit hotels, packed into tiny spaces where they even cook in bathrooms.