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Suicide bomber kills 30 at Pakistan's Ashura
Published:  Dec 29, 2009 4:45 AM
Updated: Dec 29, 2009 4:31 AM

A suicide bomber on Monday targeted Pakistan's largest procession of Shiite Muslims on their holiest day, killing at least 30 people and wounding dozens more in defiance of a major security crackdown.

The blast sparked riots in Karachi, the financial capital, where angry mourners went on the rampage, throwing stones at ambulances, torching cars and shops and firing bullets into the air, sparking appeals for calm.

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