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35 Killed In Bombing, 16 Killed In Scattered Violence, 5 Bodies Found

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A pair of suicide bombs ripped through a crowd of would-be police recruits in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 35. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rebuked lawmakers for putting party and sectarian loyalty ahead of Iraq's stability, and said he was planning a sweeping Cabinet reshuffle.

In Sunday's bombing, two men detonated explosives strapped to their bodies simultaneously at exactly 10:00 a.m., police Lt. Maitham Abdul-Razaq said. The attack outside the police recruiting station off western Baghdad's Nissur Square was one of several Sunday in the capital.

In addition to the suicide bombing at the recruiting station, at least 11 people were killed in scattered bombings in the capital _ in both Shiite and Sunni neighborhoods.

And five bodies _ all blindfolded and bound at the wrists and ankles _ were recovered in various parts of eastern Baghdad early Sunday, police said. All had been mutilated by torture, marking them as victims of death squads that regularly kidnap rivals from Iraq's Muslim Sunni and Shiite sects. Three more bodies were pulled from the Tigris River in Suwayrah, 25 miles south of Baghdad, morgue official Maamoun al-Ajili said.

Five people were killed in drive-by shootings in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad.

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