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Bombs Hit Key Shiite Mosque in Iraq

Two minarets of the Golden Mosque in Samarra, a key shrine north of Baghdad, were blown up Wednesday. The Iraqi government is blaming al-Qaida and has imposed an indefinite curfew in the capital. The BBC's Andrew North talks with Madeleine Brand.

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