-- Iraqi police say a suicide car bomber in central Baghdad has killed at least 40 people and wounded 34 others.

Baghdad police say 45 people were killed and another 148 wounded in a sadly familiar story: A man driving a pickup truck calls laborers in Baghdad over, saying he has work for them. As they gather around the truck, the driver detonates hundreds of pounds of explosives in the vehicle.

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Tandem suicide bombers kill 57

A PAIR of suicide bombers blew up vehicles, one after the other, in a crowd of casual labourers in downtown Baghdad today, killing at least 57 people.