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Al Jazeera English - News - Iraqi Governor Killed In Bombing

Al Jazeera English - News - Iraqi Governor Killed In Bombing: "The governor and chief of police of the southern Iraqi province of Qadisiyah have been killed by a roadside bomb, local security and health officials said. The bomb struck the governor's convoy in the town of Aajaf on Saturday as the officials headed back to the provincial capital Diwaniyah from the funeral of a tribal sheikh"

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