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A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at least 43 people near one of iraq's most revered mosques.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary clinton charged on Monday the iraq war may end up costing Americans $1 trillion and further strain the economy, as she made her case for a prompt U.S. troop pullout from a war 'we cannot win.'

A female suicide bomber kills at least 42 people in the Iraqi city of Karbala, home to Shia Muslim shrines.

Shortly after the U.S. invasion, a bomb at U.N. headquarters in Baghdad killed the chief U.N. envoy and more than 20 other staffers. Now the U.N. again has hundreds of foreign and Iraqi staffers assisting the Iraqi government.

The US vice president and architect of the US-led invasion of iraq has stood wholeheartedly behind his brainchild.

US Vice-President Dick Cheney visits iraq ahead of the fifth anniversary of the US-led invasion.

This week marks five years since the U.S.-led invasion in iraq. John Dickerson of Slate.com discusses how the presidential candidates are using this time to highlight their positions on the war.

At least 39 people were killed in the suicide bombing.

This week is the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of iraq. Day to Day takes a look back at what President Bush had to say at the dawn of the war.

Thomas Sim, 24, who served in iraq, says it was a tough transition when he enrolled at the University of California, Irvine. Now, Sim and several of his veteran buddies on campus are part of a group pushing for the GI Bill to be revamped.