At least 24 people were killed and another 60 injured in 10 blasts across Iraq, including a car bomb outside a French consular building in the usually stable city of Nassiriya, police sources said.

The most serious attack happened early on Sunday in Dujail, 50km north of Baghdad, when gunmen and a suicide bomber driving a car attacked a military base, killing 11 soldiers and injuring seven.

One car bomb exploded outside the French consular building in Nassiriya, 300km south of Baghdad, wounding two people, police said.

Another car bomb also detonated in the city, killing two and wounding three.

An Iraqi police general said a bombing near the restive northern city of Kirkuk killed seven police recruits and wounded 17 as they were lining up to apply for jobs.

Kirkuk police commander General Sarhad Qadir said the recruits had gathered in a parking lot on Sunday morning outside a military base about 10km outside the city.

He said the recruits were applying for jobs as police with the state-run Northern Oil Co.
Kirkuk has been an Iraq flashpoint for years. Iraqi Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen all claim to a stake to its oil-rich land.

More people were killed in several other blasts across the country in the towns of Samarra, Basra and Tuz Khurmato.

Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday's attacks.

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