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More than 700,000 Iraqis fled homes since shrine bombing (AFP)
Filed: April 25th 2007: World

Iraqis present their passports to register at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) registration centre in Duma, 15 km north of the Syrian capital Damascus, 23 April. More than 700,000 Iraqis fled their homes amid the sectarian violence that surged after the bombing of a Shiite shrine in 2006, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said Wednesday(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)AFP - More than 700,000 Iraqis fled their homes amid the sectarian violence that surged after the bombing of a Shiite shrine in 2006, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said Wednesday.

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