Suicide bomber kills 45 at Iraqi checkpoint
A youth walks past the site of a bomb attack in the city of Hilla March 9, 2014
Ali al-Rubaie
A SUICIDE bomber driving a minibus packed with explosives killed at least 45 people and wounded 157 yesterday in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, police and medical sources said.
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