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Bomb Attacks On Iraq Hotels Kill At Least 36
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Source: SKY News

Three massive blasts have killed at least 36 people and injured scores more in attacks on three Baghdad hotels popular with Westerners, Iraqi police have said.

The first bomb in the car park of the Sheraton Hotel toppled a concrete wall designed to protect the property and damaged a number of neighbouring buildings.

Minutes later two more car bombs struck near the Babylon Hotel and al Hamra Hotel, which is popular with Western journalists.

Iraqi authorities are searching for survivors in a number of houses that collapsed near the Hamra hotel.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Baghdad-Bombs-Kill-36-And-Injure-Scores-More-In-Downtown-Hotel-District-In-The-Capital-Of-Iraq/Article/201001415535298?lpos=World_News_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15535298_Baghdad_Bombs_Kill_36_And_Inj
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