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22 killed in Baghdad blasts

Three car bombs have hit commercial districts of downtown Baghdad, killing at least 22 people and wounding 93.

 A bomb near the city's main bus station killed at least eight people and injured 28, hitting a street market popular with Iraqi Shias travelling by road to southern cities.

Four policemen were among those hurt, the interior ministry  said.

Later, two more bombs went off in rapid succession, killing 14  more people and wounding 65 in Sadun Street in the heart of Baghdad.

The explosions damaged a row of  shops and a popular coffee shop.

Security sources said the bombers appeared to have been targeting civilians in an area with few homes which is popular with Baghdad's Christian and Kurdish minorities.