One person died in and more than 5,000 were treated in hospitals Thursday for respiratory problems due to a sandstorm, the seventh in a month, the health ministry said.Residents of six of Iraq's 18 provinces, including Baghdad and the vast western region of Al-Anbar, awoke once again to a thick cloud of dust blanketing the sky.As the storm swept across Iraq, it shrouded the capital Baghdad and the holy city of Najaf in ghostly orange clouds of choking dust.
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