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Iraqi Curfew Extended as Unrest Persists

NPR | By Scott Simon,
Anne Garrels
Published February 25, 2006 at 10:50 AM EST
Angry Iraqi Shiites demonstrate in Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City to protest against the bombing of the holy shrine in the Iraqi northern city of Samarra.
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Angry Iraqi Shiites demonstrate in Baghdad's poor neighborhood of Sadr City to protest against the bombing of the holy shrine in the Iraqi northern city of Samarra.

Copyright 2006 NPR
Scott Simon
Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.
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