Iraq deaths multiply in new August count (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060907/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_violent_deaths"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060907/capt.e469ec9e5c74421fb84b8c479792ec1b.iraq_bag113.jpg?x=130&y=77&sig=LY3f09AYpXkZ_mEuT1H4Eg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Iraqi fire fighter extinguish a fire at gas station, in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Sept. 7, 2006. Six bomb attacks, mostly targeted police patrols in Baghdad killed at least 17 people and wounded more than 50 Thursday, hours before a highly anticipated ceremony in which the U.S.-led coalition was to hand over control of the country's armed forces command to Iraqi authorities. The cause of the fire was not known immediately. (AP Photo/Alaa Al-Marjani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Updated figures from Iraq's Health Ministry show there was no significant decline in violent deaths in Baghdad last month, but the U.S. military insisted Thursday that the murder rate in the capital had fallen by 52 percent.</p><br clear="all"/>

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