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20 dead in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber detonated a minibus Wednesday in an outdoor market packed with shoppers ahead of a Muslim festival, killing about 20 people and wounding more than 60 in a Shiite town south of Baghdad. Four U.S. troops were killed west of the capital, two in a helicopter crash.
Also Wednesday, the U.S. command confirmed moves to step up training on how to combat roadside bombs now the biggest killers of American troops in Iraq. At least 2,032 U.S. military service members have died since the Iraq conflict began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.