Iraqi officials say a fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people in eastern ...

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Officials in Iraq are struggling to identify more than a dozen bodies pulled from a deadly fire at a shopping mall.

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A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi ...

A fire engulfed a newly opened shopping center in eastern Iraq, killing more than 60 people, including children, Iraqi officials said Thursday.