Car bomb in Iraq's Shia holy city kills 10

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A car bomb in Iraq's Shiite holy city of Karbala killed 10 civilians and wounded 26 others on Tuesday, officials said. 

The bomb went off in a commercial area in the city, which is some 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of Baghdad, a police official said.

Karbala is home to the Imam Hussein Shrine, one of the holiest sites in Shiite Islam.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.          

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