Iraqi authorities reopen Baghdad bridge shut for months by protests
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Iraqi authorities reopened one of Baghdad’s major bridges on Wednesday, shut for months by anti-government protesters, in a sign of a lull in unrest that has killed hundreds of people and forced the prime minister to resign last year.