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伊拉克发生一系列汽车炸弹爆炸案 At least 14 people have been killed and many others injured in a series of car bomb attacks in central and southern Iraq, officials say. 伊拉克中部及南部发生一系列汽车炸弹爆炸事故，至少14人死亡、多人受伤。 ? In the first attacks two car bombs targeted a bus station and a restaurant in the southern city of Basra.? ? Soon afterwards, bombs were reported to have struck several parts of the capital, Baghdad.? ? Attacks in mainly Shia Muslim Basra, which was previously relatively peaceful, have increased recently. ? In March a car bomb in the city killed 10 and wounded many others. On Saturday gunmen there shot and killed a Sunni Muslim cleric.? ? The latest attacks follow a rise in violence in recent weeks in Iraq linked to growing political and sectarian tension between the Sunni and Shia communities.? ? At least 10 policemen were reported killed on Sunday in north-western Iraq in attacks blamed by the authorities on Sunni militants.