A SERIES of bombs rocked mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 60 people and wounding dozens two days after al-Qaida militants staged a bloodbath when they took hostages in a Christian church.

IRAQI Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday called for Shi’ites and Sunnis to use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to put aside their differences, while authorities reported that at least 20 people were killed in violence across the country.