March 6 (Reuters) - Insurgents killed 112 Shi'ite pilgrims heading for the holy city of Kerbala in attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, including more than 80 after suicide bombers blew themselves up in a street lined with tents.

Here is a list of some of the deadliest bomb attacks in Iraq this year:

Jan. 16, 2007 - A car bomb and suicide bomber strike the Mustansiriya University in central Baghdad killing at least 70 people and wounding 180.

Jan. 22, 2007 - A double car bombing at a second-hand goods market in Bab al-Sharji, a busy commercial area in central Baghdad, kills 88 people and wounds 160.

Feb. 1, 2007 - Two suicide bombers strike at a market in the Shi'ite town of Hilla, killing 61 people and wounding 150.

Feb. 3, 2007 - Truck bomb kills 135 people and wounds 305 at a market in the Sadriya quarter of central Baghdad.

Feb. 12, 2007 - Multiple car bombs explode in the Shorja wholesale market, killing at least 71 people and wounding 165. At least nine others are killed at the Bab al-Sharji market, also in central Baghdad.

March 6 - Two suicide bombers strapped with explosives strike in Hilla, south of Baghdad, killing 78 people. Insurgents also launch attacks against Shi'ite pilgrims in and around Baghdad killing at least another 34. In all 112 died and 237 people were wounded.

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