Bombings kill at least 26

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BAGHDAD February 27, 2014
by SINAN SALAHEDDIN Associated Press

A bomb hidden on a motorcycle exploded at a secondhand market in Iraq's capital, the deadliest of a series of bombings Thursday around Baghdad that killed at least 26 people, authorities said. [...]

Last year, Iraq saw the highest death toll since the worst of the country's sectarian bloodletting began to subside in 2007, according to United Nations figures.

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Iraq violence: 49 killed in car bomb attacks

bbc.co.uk/news
18 February 2014

Municipal workers clean up the area in the aftermath of an explosion in the Karrada District of Baghdad

At least 49 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Hilla, officials say.

The blasts come a day after at least 23 people were killed in bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital.

Last month, more than 1,000 people were killed in attacks which mostly hit Shia and government targets. [...]

More people were killed in Iraq in 2013 than at any point since 2008, when sectarian violence reached its peak.

A look at the rising violence in Iraq

Iraq's rising violence in 90 seconds

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BBC News examines the reasons for the increase in deadly attacks in Iraq and looks at what challenges lie ahead for the country.

via The BBC website