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| Baghdad blasts 'kill at least 25' | Baghdad blasts 'kill at least 25' |
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| At least 25 people have been killed and 40 wounded in two large explosions in central Baghdad, reports say. | At least 25 people have been killed and 40 wounded in two large explosions in central Baghdad, reports say. |
| The blasts came in quick succession at 1030 local time (0730 GMT), followed by sporadic gunfire. | The blasts came in quick succession at 1030 local time (0730 GMT), followed by sporadic gunfire. |
| Police say the blasts targeted Baghdad's provincial government building and the ministry of justice. | |
| These are largest attacks since August, when two truck bombs hit two ministry buildings, correspondents say. Iraq then blamed foreign fighters. | These are largest attacks since August, when two truck bombs hit two ministry buildings, correspondents say. Iraq then blamed foreign fighters. |
| Iraqi officials say the number of dead and wounded is likely to rise. | Iraqi officials say the number of dead and wounded is likely to rise. |
| "We're a few miles off but we could feel the force of those explosions," says the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Baghdad. | "We're a few miles off but we could feel the force of those explosions," says the BBC's Gabriel Gatehouse in Baghdad. |
| Our correspondent says plumes of smoke were seen rising from an area in the Green Zone - the administrative heart of the capital. |