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Death toll from Iraq suicide blast put at 47

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The toll from a suicide bombing at an Iraqi army recruitment centre on Tuesday rose to 47 killed and 77 wounded, a deputy health minister said.

The toll was not expected to increase, said Deputy Health Minister Khamis al-Saad.

It was one of the bloodiest attacks in weeks, underscoring a spreading sense of gloom more than five months after an inconclusive election that has yet to produce a new government and ahead of the end of U.S. combat operations this month.

(Reporting by Aseel Kami; Writing by Michael Christie)

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