Across Asia: Iraq

Bombing toll lowered

Iraqi officials said the death toll from car bombings on Tuesday was lower than earlier reported, citing 77 deaths in attacks apparently intended to undermine Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead of March polls.

Several police sources on Tuesday said at least 112 people had died and 425 were wounded in the attacks on a court, a judicial training center, a building used as a temporary home for the bombed out Finance Ministry, and a police checkpoint.