Iraqis return to school after delay from unrest

Police officers stood guard Wednesday as Iraqi students left a Baghdad primary school on the first day of classes.

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The day was marred by violence and after sunset, car bombings in Baghdad killed at least 29 people, police said.

British woman held in suspected plot

British police said a 25-year-old woman had been arrested in Bedfordshire on suspicion of preparing “terrorist acts” related to the fighting in Syria.

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