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| Baghdad market bombing kills 24 | Baghdad market bombing kills 24 |
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| A bomb has exploded at a busy Baghdad market killing 24 people and injuring more than 35, Iraqi police say. | A bomb has exploded at a busy Baghdad market killing 24 people and injuring more than 35, Iraqi police say. |
| The al-Shurja market has been frequently targeted. A blast there three weeks ago killed 10 people. | |
| Earlier on Wednesday, a bomb blast at an army recruitment centre in the town of Hilla killed 12 people, police said. | Earlier on Wednesday, a bomb blast at an army recruitment centre in the town of Hilla killed 12 people, police said. |
| Some 38 others were wounded in the Hilla attack, 90km (65 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad. | Some 38 others were wounded in the Hilla attack, 90km (65 miles) south of the capital, Baghdad. |
| Hilla, the capital of the mixed Sunni and Shia province of Babel, has been frequently targeted by insurgents. | |
| Initial reports suggest the bomb was attached to a bicycle or motorcycle and exploded at about 0800 (0400 GMT). | |
| About 125 people were killed by a suicide car bomber in Hilla in February 2005 in the bloodiest single attack in Iraq since the US-led invasion of 2003. | |
| Wednesday's blasts are the latest in a series of attacks which have killed dozens of people across Iraq since the weekend. |