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Last updated 0600 GMT 9 April
Baghdad:
Gunfire and tank fire have been heard as US troops consolidate gains made in central Baghdad on Tuesday
The Americans have been pushing into the city from the north and south-east. Reports say US soldiers have expanded their control of an area on the west bank of the river Tigris, where most of the government ministries and palaces are - while the Iraqis control the east bank of the Tigris
Some American marines have moved into a military airbase in south-eastern Baghdad. Another group of marines have entered the sprawling mainly-Shia suburb of Saddam City in the north-east
Three journalists were killed and four more injured by American fire in central Baghdad on Tuesday
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