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France sees U.N. backing to boost CAR force next week
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Residents look at the site of bomb attacks at a cafe in Baghdad
Residents look at the site of bomb attacks at a cafe in Baghdad's Sadriya district, November 26, 2013. Two bombs exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open in the Iraqi capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim eastern district of Sadriya. But Sunni Muslim insurgents, some linked to al Qaeda, have regularly bombed cafes, restaurants and sports matches since the start of 2013, amid the country's worst spate of violence in five years. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)
Shi'ite women mourn during the funeral of a victim, who was killed in bomb attacks outside a cafe in Baghdad
Shi'ite women mourn during the funeral of a victim, who was killed in bomb attacks outside a cafe in Baghdad's Sadriya district, November 26, 2013. Two bombs exploded outside the cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open in the Iraqi capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim eastern district of Sadriya. But Sunni Muslim insurgents, some linked to al Qaeda, have regularly bombed cafes, restaurants and sports matches since the start of 2013, amid the country's worst spate of violence in five years. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)
Shi'ite women mourn during the funeral of a victim, who was killed in bomb attacks outside a cafe in Baghdad's Sadriya district
Shi'ite women mourn during the funeral of a victim, who was killed in bomb attacks outside a cafe in Baghdad's Sadriya district, November 26, 2013. Two bombs exploded outside the cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open in the Iraqi capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim eastern district of Sadriya. But Sunni Muslim insurgents, some linked to al Qaeda, have regularly bombed cafes, restaurants and sports matches since the start of 2013, amid the country's worst spate of violence in five years. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Mourners lift the coffin of a victim killed by a bomb attack onto the top of a vehicle in Baghdad's Sadriya district
Mourners lift the coffin of a victim killed by a bomb attack onto the top of a vehicle in Baghdad's Sadriya district, November 26, 2013. Two bombs exploded outside a cafe in Baghdad on Monday, killing 17 people and wounding 37, police and medical sources said, the latest in a series of attacks on the few social meeting places left open in the Iraqi capital. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in the mainly Shi'ite Muslim eastern district of Sadriya. But Sunni Muslim insurgents, some linked to al Qaeda, have regularly bombed cafes, restaurants and sports matches since the start of 2013, amid the country's worst spate of violence in five years. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)