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Thursday, 14 September 2006, 13:18 GMT 14:18 UK

New bomb blasts hit Iraqi capital

Wreckage of bomb blast in Baghdad Ten people have been killed and at least 39 hurt in two bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, police have said.

The first blast targeted a police patrol in north-western Baghdad. The second bomb exploded outside a passport office, killing nine people.

Twenty bodies have also been discovered in Baghdad over the last day, the interior ministry has said.

The discovery comes a day after police found the bodies of 60 people in different parts of the Iraqi capital.

In other violence on Thursday, a colonel in the traffic police was shot dead on his way to work in Baghdad.

Two US soldiers were also killed in separate attacks, the US military said.




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