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150,000 recently displaced in Iraq to join the 1.3 million since wars start
• APSome 150,000 Iraqis have been displaced in a surge of sectarian violence sparked by the bombing of a Shiite shrine 4 months ago, the UN said. It now estimates that 1.3 million people are displaced in Iraq, about 5% of the population of 25 million.