Wave of attacks kills nearly 50 people in Iraq

Monday, July 11, 2005

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A man strapped with explosives blew himself up Sunday at an Iraqi military recruiting center in Baghdad, one of a series of suicide attacks that killed at least 48 people and ended a relative lull in violence in recent days.

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