Suicide bomber kills 55 in packed Iraq restaurant
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081211/capt.7e2ff618295d42abbadb89dcee07decd.iraq_violence_bag110.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=0S8nkvlNqMo9u8DbD8Z__Q--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="American soldiers inspect a restaurant after a suicide bomber blew himself up in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. The bomber detonated his explosives inside a popular restaurant killing at least 55 people and wounding 120 others, police said. Arab tribal leaders and Kurdish officials had gathered at the restaurant to discuss ethnic tensions in Kirkuk. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq)AP - A suicide bomber killed at least 55 people Thursday in a packed restaurant near the northern city of Kirkuk where Kurdish officials and Arab tribal leaders were trying to reconcile their differences over control of the oil-rich region. The brazen attack ? the deadliest in Iraq in six months ? occurred at a time of rising tension between Kurds and Arabs over oil, political power and Kirkuk.</p><br clear="all"/>
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