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| Deadly bombing in Baghdad market | Deadly bombing in Baghdad market |
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| An explosion at a vegetable market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 10 people, officials say. | An explosion at a vegetable market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least 10 people, officials say. |
| More then 30 others were wounded in the attack in the mostly Sunni district of Dora, in the south of the capital. | More then 30 others were wounded in the attack in the mostly Sunni district of Dora, in the south of the capital. |
| The blast occurred at about 0700 local time (0400 GMT), an interior ministry official said. | The blast occurred at about 0700 local time (0400 GMT), an interior ministry official said. |
| A series of deadly bomb attacks has struck Baghdad in recent weeks, killing 355 Iraqis in April and making it the bloodiest month so far this year. | A series of deadly bomb attacks has struck Baghdad in recent weeks, killing 355 Iraqis in April and making it the bloodiest month so far this year. |
| The carnage at the market was followed by a car bomb blast hours later in the central shopping district of Karrada, which killed one person and wounded seven others, security officials said. | |
| April was also the deadliest month for US troops since September, with 18 soldiers killed. | April was also the deadliest month for US troops since September, with 18 soldiers killed. |
| The casualties are nowhere near the 2006-07 levels when the insurgency and sectarian strife were at their peak, but they are part of a rising trend since January this year. | The casualties are nowhere near the 2006-07 levels when the insurgency and sectarian strife were at their peak, but they are part of a rising trend since January this year. |
| The increase in violence comes just weeks before a 30 June deadline for US troops to withdraw from all Iraqi urban areas, ahead of a planned complete withdrawal by the end of 2011. | The increase in violence comes just weeks before a 30 June deadline for US troops to withdraw from all Iraqi urban areas, ahead of a planned complete withdrawal by the end of 2011. |
| Iraqi leaders and US military officials are playing down the upward trend in violence, BBC correspondents say. | |
| Officials say the bomb devices are cruder than in the past, and they are failing to stir up the kind of sectarian reaction which happened before. | Officials say the bomb devices are cruder than in the past, and they are failing to stir up the kind of sectarian reaction which happened before. |