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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 hit the ministry of justice and another government building in the Green Zone, causing severe damage. | |
| They came in quick succession at 1030 local time (0730 GMT), and were followed by sporadic gunfire. | |
| 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. |
| Plumes of smoke were seen rising from the Green Zone - the heavily-fortified administrative heart of the capital on Sunday morning. | |
| Iraqi officials say the number of dead and wounded is likely to rise, as rescue workers dig through the rubble to search for survivors. | |
| "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 it is too early to determine who is behind the attacks, but that the finger of blame is likely to point to insurgents or foreign fighters trying to destabilise the security situation ahead of Iraqi elections in mid-January. |