SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES DEADLY BOMBING AT BAGHDAD MARKET

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES DEADLY BOMBING AT BAGHDAD MARKET New York, Jun 17 2008 7:00PM Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned today's terrorist bombing at a market in northern Baghdad that has reportedly killed at least 50 people and left scores more injured.

In a <"http://www.un.org/apps/sg/sgstats.asp?nid=3236">statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban said he extended "his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of this heinous attack."

Media reports say a car bomb exploded in the early evening near a crowded bus terminal in the Hurriya neighbourhood in the northwest of the Iraqi capital. It is the deadliest attack in Baghdad for three months.
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