Baghdad, 10 Aug-(ANA)-A series of bomb blasts in Iraq have killed more than 40 people and wounded at least 200.
Two truck bombs exploded in a Shia village near the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 28 people and injuring more than 130.
Meanwhile, Baghdad was hit by a string of bomb attacks that killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 90.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has warned of an upsurge of violence ahead of next January's elections.
Insurgents "will try in any way they can to give the impression that the political process is not stable", he said in a televised news conference. (ANA)
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