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The annual Orange Order parades are viewed by many Catholics as provocative and often set off sectarian violence.

Egyptian laws impose more onerous requirements on the building of churches than on mosques, and attempts to get around the process to build new churches have often set off sectarian clashes.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Bombings in Shiite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people on Wednesday, after weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents determined to set off sectarian confrontations.

And on Wednesday, bombings in Shiite areas of Baghdad and in northern Iraq killed more than 35 people, after weeks of violence by Sunni Islamist insurgents who are determined to set off sectarian confrontations, Reuters reported.

Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, went to Iraq for a day in May 2006, just months after the bombing of a golden-domed shrine in Samarra set off sectarian killing that was still sweeping the country.

A Muslim man whose attack on a Buddhist woman set off sectarian rioting in north-east Burma last month has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, a local politician said.

Mr. Zarqawi's stated goal is to kill Americans, set off a sectarian war in Iraq and defeat democracy there.

The bombing at the Sunni mosque could have been the work of Shiite militias, which have kept a low profile in recent years, or Sunni militants hoping to set off a sectarian backlash against Shiites.

The procession was headed for Samarra's gold-domed shrine, where a bombing by insurgents in 2006 helped set off a sectarian war between Sunnis and Shiites in which tens of thousands of people were killed.

A statement by the Arab League on Tuesday adds to the uncertainty, underscoring the complexity of the regional landscape, where years of turmoil have set off fierce sectarian fighting and a tidal wave of refugees and left many fearful that a United States strike would further inflame tensions.

The attack on the casual workers in Tikrit on Wednesday appeared to have been deliberately aimed at Shiites, a trend that suggests some of the Sunni insurgent groups may be hoping to set off a sectarian conflict between the Sunni minority and the Shiite majority.