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watch One-Minute World News Last Updated: Tuesday, 8 August
2006, 21:46 GMT 22:46 UK Baghdad blasts kill at least 19 An
Iraqi policeman at the site of a roadside bomb in central
Baghdad About 100 Iraqis a day are dying in the civil violence
At least 19 people have been killed and at least 60 injured in a
series of blasts in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.  Three bombs hit
the city centre early in the morning, killing nine. Hours later,
two bombs exploded in a market, killing 10 and injuring dozens.
The attacks come despite a new security drive in the city.  Also
on Tuesday, the Iraqi army assumed primary responsibility for
security in an area of northern Iraq that includes the cities of
Tikrit and Kirkuk.  String of bombs  The violence in Baghdad
began at about 0645 local time with an explosion which hit a
minibus and a taxi in the centre of the city, killing at least
nine people.  Two other blasts targeted police, wounding three.
An Iraqi man grieves