Firefighters hose down burning vehicles following an explosion in a crowded commercial area near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. A parked car exploded near one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, killing 55 people and wounding dozens.

First published in the April 28, 2007, 9:56 p.m. edition

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