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A general view of the site of a car bomb attack outside the Alhamraa hotel in Baghdad, Iraq on 25 January 2010. At least 11 people have been killed in three large explosions apparently targeting the hotels in the centre of the city. Photo by EPA/BGNES
Iraqi police say three blasts have struck near three hotels in downtown Baghdad, killing at least 36 people, international agencies reported.
The officials say the blasts wounded at least 70 people.
The first blast struck at about 3:40 p.m. near the Sheraton Hotel along Abu Nawas Street, just across the Tigris River from the Green Zone.
The officials say two others struck near the Babylon Hotel and al-Hamra Hotel, which is popular with Western journalists.
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