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A wounded man leaves the scene of an explosion outside the foreign ministry in central Baghdad. A series of devastating attacks across Baghdad has killed at least 75 people, in the worst day of carnage to hit the Iraqi capital since US troops pulled out of the conflict-hit nation's cities.

A wounded man leaves the scene of an explosion outside the foreign ministry in central Baghdad, August 19, 2009.(Xinhua/AFP Photo)
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Two powerful explosions rock Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two powerful explosions rocked central Baghdad on Wednesday as plumes of smoke could be seen rising above the area near the heavily fortified Green Zone, said witnesses.

A witness in central Baghdad told Xinhua that the two massive blasts were apparently caused by two car bombings at the garage of a government building in front of the al-Rasheed Hotel at the edge of the Green Zone, which houses some Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies, including a U.S. one. Full story

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