November 3, 2010 6:21 PM

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Baghdad returning to normalcy after violent attacks that killed 80 and injured over 250

Life has returned to near normal in Baghdad today after the violent attacks that caused dozens of casualties on Tuesday.According to Voice of Iraq news agency, people began to return to their jobs in Baghdad but traffic has not yet returned to its normal level while security forces have boosted their inspection measures at hundreds of checkpoints both inside and outside the Iraqi capital. The news agency quoting police sources had reported that 80 people were killed and more than 250 injured in the blast.Explosions struck the Shiite neighborhoods 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 neighborhoods, including Yarmouk, Jihad and Eghraiat.

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