Attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 29 people Wednesday, the deadliest violence to take place this year in a country increasingly divided along sectarian lines.
Wave of Attacks Hits Iraq

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Security forces inspect the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.

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Firefighters look for survivors at the local headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party after a bomb attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.

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Iraqi civil defense personnel inspect a damaged building after a suicide attack in Kirkuk, Iraq, January 16, 2013.

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