Iraq police: 2 explosions near a Baghdad ministry and Kurdish party office kill 25, injure 45

August 19th, 2009 Wave of Baghdad blasts kill at 58 peopleBAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say that a series of explosions have struck Baghdad, killing at least 58 people and wounding nearly 300 others. The attacks in the Iraqi capital started shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 Wave of explosions in Baghdad kill at least 58BAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say that a series of explosions have struck Baghdad, killing at least 58 people and wounding nearly 300 others. The attacks in the Iraqi capital started shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 Wave of explosions in Baghdad kill at least 60BAGHDAD — A series of explosions targeting government and commercial buildings struck Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 300, Iraqi police and medical officials said. The blasts in the capital followed a string of attacks in Iraq this month that have claimed hundreds of lives and raised concerns about the ability of Iraqi security forces to keep the lid on violence in advance of an American withdrawal.

August 19th, 2009 Blasts hit Iraqi capital, kill at least 12 peopleBAGHDAD — A series of explosions struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday, targeting primarily government and commercial buildings, killing at least a dozen people and wounding more than 100 others, Iraqi officials said. The blasts follow a string of attacks in Iraq this month that have claimed more than 200 lives and left hundreds more wounded, raising concerns about the abilities of Iraqi security forces to keep the lid on violence in advance of the American withdrawal.

August 19th, 2009 Series of blasts in Baghdad kill at least 12BAGHDAD — A series of explosions struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday, targeting primarily government and commercial buildings, killing at least a dozen people and wounding more than 100 others, Iraqi officials said. The blasts follow a string of attacks in Iraq this month that have claimed more than 200 lives and left hundreds more wounded, raising concerns about the abilities of Iraqi security forces to keep the lid on violence in advance of the American withdrawal.

August 19th, 2009 BAGHDAD — Hospital and medical officials say a series of explosions targeting government and commercial buildings in Baghdad killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 300. The attacks started shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 Wave of Baghdad blasts kills at least 60BAGHDAD — A series of explosions targeting government and commercial buildings struck Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 300, Iraqi police and medical officials said. The blasts in the capital followed a string of attacks in Iraq this month that have claimed hundreds of lives and raised concerns about the ability of Iraqi security forces to keep the lid on violence in advance of an American withdrawal.

August 19th, 2009 Blasts hit central Baghdad, kill 3, wound 7BAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say at least two explosions have struck Baghdad, including one near the parliament building, killing at least three people. The officials say a parked car bomb targeted a joint Iraqi police and army patrol near the finance ministry in northern Baghdad on Wednesday morning.

August 19th, 2009 Blasts hit Iraqi capital, kill 11 peopleBAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say at least four explosions have struck Baghdad, including one near the parliament building in the Green Zone, killing at least 11 people. The attacks hit the Iraqi capital shortly after 10 a.m.

August 19th, 2009 Wave of Baghdad blasts kill at least 58 peopleBAGHDAD — Iraqi police and medical officials say that a series of explosions have struck Baghdad, killing at least 58 people and wounding nearly 300 others. The attacks in the Iraqi capital started shortly after 10 a.m.

July 9th, 2009 BAGHDAD - At least 30 people were killed and 63 injured in two consecutive suicide bombings Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, police sources said. The bombers detonated their explosives in a crowded street in Tel Afar district, where many Shia Turkmen congregate, sources told DPA.

May 6th, 2009 BAGHDAD - As many as 12 people were killed and another 50 injured Wednesday in terrorist attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Kirkuk, police said. A car bomb at a market in the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of al-Dura went off early Wednesday killing 12 and injuring another 44, police and witnesses said.

May 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Iraq has strongly condemned the shelling of villages in the northern Kurdistan region by Iran, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador here to register its protests against the Iranian action, a statement said.

April 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Two simultaneous explosions killed nine policemen Sunday in Anbar province west of Baghdad, police said. A police source told the DPA that the bombs ripped though a patrol in Faluja, 70 km west of Baghdad, killing an officer and eight other policemen.

March 24th, 2009 BAQUBA - A suicide bomber killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 in a town in northeast Iraq Monday, the police said. The suicide bomber blew himself at the funeral of a relative of a local Kurdish leader in the town of Jalwlaa, some 140 km northeast of Baghdad, it said.