BAGHDAD, March 7 (Reuters) - Iraqi police said on Friday the death toll from coordinated bombings blamed on al Qaeda in a central Baghdad shopping area had risen to 68, making it the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in almost a year.

Another 120 were wounded when two bombs exploded within minutes of each other on Thursday evening in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite Karrada district, police said. (Writing by Michael Holden; Editing by Paul Tait)

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