Bombs kill more than 40 in Algeria

Two bombs rocked the Algerian capital of Algiers today killing at least 45 people.

One blast killed 30 near the Supreme Court, and the second left another 15 dead in an area where United Nations offices are located.

Reports said some of victims had been on a school bus.

The two bombs went off about 10 minutes apart, with the first near the Supreme Court.

Over the last year, violence has escalated in Algeria with a series of bombings - many of them previously unheard of suicide attacks - against state targets.

Recent bombings have been claimed by al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa.