Blasts kill 16 across Iraq

A spate of bombings targeting Shia Muslims across Iraq killed 16 people yesterday, the latest in a spike in unrest amid weeks of anti-government protests and a political crisis engulfing the country.
The attacks marked the third consecutive day of violence which has claimed 75 lives overall, including that of a Sunni Iraqi MP killed by a suicide bomber and 33 others who died in twin car bombs in an ethnically-mixed northern city.
No group has claimed responsibility for the latest bombings, but Sunni militants often launch attacks in a bid to destabilise the government .