More than 80 dead in Iraq blast There has been a recent upsurge in violence At least 82 people have been killed in a car bomb blast in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, security officials say. The attack, on a food market in the Sadriya area of the city, left scores of people injured. The blast was one of a series of bomb attacks which struck mainly Shia areas of the city, leaving at least 120 dead. The blasts came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said Iraqi security forces would assume control of the country by the end of...