**A series of large explosions has hit the centre of Baghdad killing at least five people, reports say.**At least five blasts went off near the public works ministry in the Salhiyeh district of central Baghdad.
The attacks come just two days after another set of suicide bombings killed at least 41 people.
The bombings ended a period of relative calm after last month’s parliamentary elections that gave a slender lead to former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.
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