Three parked car bombs exploded in central Baghdad today near a predominantly Shiite area packed with vendors, killing at least 43 people and wounding 91, officials said.

Three parked car bombs exploded in central Baghdad today near a predominantly Shiite area packed with vendors, killing at least 38 people and wounding 84, officials said.

A truck driving at high speed slammed into a bus stop in a town south of Baghdad today, killing about 20 people and wounding 15, police said.

THREE back-to-back explosions killed 20 people and wounded more than 70 last night in a mostly Shi’ite neighbourhood in southern Baghdad, police said.