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| At least seven killed, 25 wounded, in Iraq bomb blasts | |
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| A number of bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has killed at least seven people and wounded 25 others, police and medical sources said. | |
| The deadliest blast killed at least four in the Shia district of Shula near a busy restaurant in north-west Baghdad. | |
| At least four other bomb attacks were reported in other areas of Baghdad. | |
| Violence in Iraq has declined in recent years, but bomb attacks are still a daily occurrence. | |
| Baghdad is currently hosting a major auction inviting international firms to explore oil and gas across Iraq. | Baghdad is currently hosting a major auction inviting international firms to explore oil and gas across Iraq. |
| Thursday's blast follows two bomb attacks on 13 May in Baghdad, which killed six people and targeted security forces. | |
| On 19 April a series of blasts struck a number of Iraqi cities, killing at least 35 people and injuring 100 more. | |
| On 20 March shootings and bombings killed 45 people in the run-up to an Arab League summit. | |
| US forces withdrew from Iraq in December last year, nine years after invading the country to topple Saddam Hussein. |