In Iraq, 80 people were killed and 250 others wounded in a wave of blasts and mortar strike across Baghdad yesterday. Iraq news agency quoting police sources has reported that a series of explosions occurred in different parts of Baghdad including twelve car bombs, two explosive charges and a sticky bomb, which went off in different parts of Baghdad.Explosions struck the Shiite neighbourhoods of Kadhimiya in the northwest, Amil, Bayaa and Shulaa in the southwest, Ur and Zuhour in the northeast, Sadr City and Amin in the east and Abu Dhsir in the southern part of the city. Other blasts struck mixed Sunni-Shiite neighbourhoods, including Yarmouk, Jihad and Eghraiat. Curfew has been imposed in the different areas of Baghdad and injured have beenadmitted to different hospitals of the city. Iraqi Prime Minister Noorie al Maliki has visited a number of hospitals and described the act as highly criminal, which was aimed at destabilizing the government