Gunmen attack gov't buildings in northern Iraq, casualties feared

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A group of insurgents on Wednesday carried out a coordinated car bomb and gunfire attacks on the local government building and security forces in the city of Hawijah in Iraq's oil-rich province of Kikruk, leaving an unknown number of casualties, local police said.

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