Leading Shiite Muslim politician Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim was among the 20 people reportedly killed this morning when a car bomb exploded outside a mosque in the holy city of Najaf. The bomb exploded near the Tomb of Ali, one of the holiest shrines for Shiite Muslims.
We go to Iraqi to speak with Christian Science Monitor Scott Peterson for the latest on this breaking news story.
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A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killing dozens of people. The storm ripped up at least two elementary schools and a hospital.
