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20 killed in blast at U.N. office in Baghdad

United Nations, Aug. 19. (PTI): At least 20 Iraqis and U.N. workers, including the chief U.N. official in Iraq, were killed and 100 others wounded, when a truck bomb exploded at the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad today, the United Nations said.

Sergio Vieira de Mello, a 55-year-old veteran Brazilian diplomat was in his office when the blast occurred, a UN spokesman said.

Several among the injured were in a serious condition, he added.

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