50 Killed, 160 Injured in Baghdad Attacks: Iraq

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50 people have been killed and 160 other injured in blasts that rocked the Iraqi city Baghdad. The attacks were carried out in Shia-populated neighborhoods of Baghdad on Tuesday.
Security forces launched search operations and closed off key roads in the capital after the attacks.
The attacks struck the neighborhoods of Husseiniyah, Mashtal, Zafraniyah, Baghdad Jadidah, Kadhimiyah, Sadr City and Shuala, as well as the town of Iskandiriyah, just south of the capital.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings, but al-Qaeda-linked militants often target civilians and government targets in a bid to destabilize the country.

In response, the government has stepped up efforts to boost security across the country. On a related note, Iraq's cabinet decided on Tuesday to postpone provincial elections in two provinces that were scheduled for April 20 by up to six months over security concerns, the Iraqi premier's spokesman said.

Polls in Anbar province in west Iraq and Nineveh in the north have been delayed, Ali Mussawi told AFP, noting that candidates have been threatened and killed, while there were also requests for a delay from the two provinces.

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