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Another car bombing in Somali capital kills at least two

At least two people were killed and four others wounded in a car bombing near Somali parliament building in the country's capital Mogadishu on Jan. 8, police said.

Mohamed Bulle, a police official, told Anadolu Agency over the phone that it was a suicide car explosion that targeted a security checkpoint.

Outraged Iraqi protesters storm US Embassy in Baghdad

Hundreds of Iraqi mourners stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Dec. 31, following deadly U.S. airstrikes this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq.

Shouting "Down, Down USA!" the crowd tried to push inside the embassy grounds, hurling water bottles and smashing security cameras outside.

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