A bloody Sunday in Iraq as a wave of bomb blasts devastates the country, leaving almost 60 dead.<br/> <br />Seven people were killed and at least 40 wounded at this site in Kirkuk when two car bombs exploded.<br/> <br />Another eight were killed and 15 wounded in the eastern part of the city when a suicide bomber detonated his car outside a police recruitment centre.<br/> <br />Three more were killed and nearly 30 wounded at this popular market in the southern province of Basra.<br/> <br />Police said the blast took place near a spot where labourers were gathering to look for part-time work.<br/> <br />Another car bomb exploded outside the French consulate in the usually stable city of Nassiriya, killing a police guard and wounding four other guards.<br/> <br />The honorary consul, an Iraqi citizen, was not at the office at the time of the attack.<br/> <br />Two others were killed and three wounded when another car bomb was detonated outside a hotel in the city.<br/> <br />No one has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday's attacks but insurgents have often hit high-profile targets to undermine government claims at security.<br/> <br />Infighting in Iraq's delicate cross-sectarian government and a resurgence of Iraq's Al Qaeda wing have raised fears of a return to widespread violence.
