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Blasts kill 5, wound 20 in central Iraq

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-20 04:20
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BAGHDAD -- Car bomb and roadside bomb explosions hit Iraq's central province of Babil Wednesday, killing five and wounding 20, a local police source said.

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The two blasts hit a bus stop in Al-Museib city, 40 km north of the provincial capital city of Hilla, killing 5 people and wounding at least 20 others, said the source on condition of anonymity.

Various attacks continue all around Iraq since the March 7 parliamentary elections. On May 10, a string of deadly attacks caused more than 100 Iraqis killed in the war-torn country.