Clockwise from top left: Iraqi Prime Minister designate Jawad Al-Maliki (left) and his predecessor Ibrahim Jaafari; Iraqi women grieve for their dead in Najaf; Iraqi boys weep; Iraqi youth mourn over the coffin of their slain friend; Iraqi policemen survey the wreckage of a vehicle left behind after two car bombs exploded outside the Mustansariya University, Baghdad (photos: AFP)

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