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Baghdad bombs kill at least 32

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Four bombs killed at least 32 people and wounded scores in busy districts of Baghdad on Sunday as Iraqis shopped and broke their fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, police said.

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Food crisis competes for Afghan “hearts and minds”

KABUL (Reuters) – Muhammad Nabi reflects one of Afghanistan’s microcosms – a farmer once besieged by the Taliban, then by drought, who then fled to the city and now rails against food prices he blames on the very government he voted for.

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Afghan minister does not confirm Taliban talks

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s foreign minister on Sunday declined to confirm a report that said the government was in contact with Taliban insurgents to negotiate an end to the conflict.

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