BBC: Life in Iraq: Day at a glance - APRIL 7 - with Updates

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Life in Iraq: Day at a glance
The BBC News website is reporting in detail on events in Iraq throughout 7 April, to try to convey the fullest and most accurate picture we can of the reality of life there, almost three years after the fall of Baghdad.

Normal life continues in Iraq, despite the threat of violence
On this page, from dawn to dusk Baghdad time, we aim to report the news in greater detail than usual as well as taking a look at what the Iraqi media are saying.

You can also watch special coverage on BBC News 24 in the UK and on BBC World, and listen to in-depth reports on the BBC World Service, the Arabic Service, and Radio Five Live.

Come back regularly to this page to see how the day progresses.

LATEST
UPDATE 1710: A series of explosions hit a Shia mosque in northern Baghdad just after Friday prayers. At least 40 people have died and 130 people are injured, police say. The BBC Baghdad bureau confirms that three suicide bombers took part in the attack.

The BBC's Andrew North in Baghdad says the Buratha mosque is one of the most important for Shia Muslims in the capital and can hold hundreds of people. The prayer leader at the mosque, Sheikh Jalaluddin al-Saghir, is a member of parliament and an important figure in Iraq's largest Shia political party, the United Iraqi Alliance.

more at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4881194.stm