Two powerful car bombs exploded in downtown Baghdad Sunday, killing at least 38 people in an apparent attempt to target the city"s government offices, Iraqi authorities said. The blasts, which also injured 72, went off less than a minute apart near two prominent government institutions - the Ministry of Justice and the headquarters of the Baghdad provincial administration - during the morning rush hour, according to a report of The Associated Press. Iraqi police and hospital officials put the death toll at 38, while Maj. Gen. Qassim Atta, spokesman for the Baghdad Security Service, said 35 were killed in the blast. --SPA
