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A female suicide bomber detonated a vest rigged with explosives among a crowd of Shiite Muslim pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad on Monday, killing 54 and wounding 109, marking the latest in a string of attacks that had unnerved the city ahead of pivotal national elections in March.

A suicide car bomber has killed at least 18 and injured dozens more in a strike against Interior Ministry offices in central ...

Suicide bombers attacked three hotels used by foreigners in the heart of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people and raising questions about government pledges on security before a March election.

Iraqi officials have released a Shi'ite militant leader, an Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday, raising hopes that the last of five British hostages captured in Baghdad more than 2-1/2 years ago would be returned.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited as Baghdad was reeling from bombings and U.S. forces are beginning to prepare for withdrawals this spring.

Four people are killed in two blasts in Iraq's capital, a day after a string of suicide bombings kill nearly 130 people and injure more than 400 in attacks on government buildings, a neighborhood and a commercial district.

Car bombs exploded amid busy streets and official buildings in Baghdad this morning, killing at least 127 people and wounding 450 more, in the latest assault on the Iraqi government by militants, according to police officials.

The deadliest attack in Baghdad in two years killed 160 people and wounded 540, Iraq's Interior Ministry said today. Three U.S. contractors were hurt.

The blasts, which leave more than 600 wounded, go off near the justice ministry and the Baghdad provincial council.

Reporting from Baghdad — Car bombs exploded in Baghdad this morning by two key government buildings, killing at least 106 people, as political leaders were set to meet to try to resolve a fierce dispute that could delay national elections, ranked as pivotal to Iraq's long-term stability.

Iraq's foreign minister said Saturday that those who carried out bombings that targeted government buildings in the Iraqi capital received help to pull off the attacks, possibly from Iraqi security forces.