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Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 35 Twin bombings in Baghdad kill 43
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Two bombs in busy Baghdad markets have killed at least 35 people and wounded 75 more, police say. Two bombs in busy Baghdad markets have killed at least 43 people, in the deadliest bombings in the capital for several months.
The first blast struck at around 1020 local time (0720GMT) in the popular Ghazil animal market, which has been bombed three times in the past year. The first blast struck at around 1020 local time (0720GMT) in a popular animal market.
The bomb, which was hidden in a box of birds, exploded during a busy time for the market. The bomb, which was hidden in a box of birds, exploded during a busy time for the market, also injuring 75 people.
A second blast 20 minutes later tore through another crowded market in the southeast of the capital.A second blast 20 minutes later tore through another crowded market in the southeast of the capital.
The blasts are the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital in months. Correspondents say the fragile sense of normality in the capital that has followed significant improvements in security could be shattered by such deadly bombings.
In November, a blast killed 15 at the Ghazil market, in an attack the US military blamed on Iranian-backed Shia militants. The fall in violence is largely attributed to a US troop surge in the Baghdad in the second half of 2007.
But with the Iraqi capital's improving security climate customers had started returning to the market in large numbers, correspondents say. Also contributing to a new sense of security was a ceasefire announced in August by the Mehdi Army militia of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr and the emergence of local Sunni militia armed by the US military that took on al-Qaeda in Iraq.