Explosions Rock Shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, 143 Festival-Goers Dead

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KARBALA, Iraq -- Simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers Tuesday at Shiite Muslim shrines in Baghdad and the city of Karbala, killing at least 143 people on the holiest day of the Shiite calendar, a U.S. official said. It was the bloodiest day since the end of major fighting.

The blasts came during the Shiite festival of Ashoura and coincided with a shooting attack on Shiite worshippers in Quetta, Pakistan that killed at least 29 people and wounded more than 150.

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Explosions Rock Shrines in Karbala and Baghdad, 143 Festival-Goers Dead

Three suicide bombers set off their explosives in and around Baghdad's Kazimiya shrine, killing 58 and wound...

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