عناوين الصحف - انفجارات ببغداد

Most news in the Arab world is bad news. So let's read some.

أمام السفارتين المصرية والايرانية ومقر السفير الألماني
مئات القتلى والجرحى في انفجارات قرب مقار دبلوماسية ببغداد

قُتل 35 شخصاً وأصيب 225 آخرين نتيجة 3 انفجارات قوية استهدفت مقرات دبلوماسية في وسط العاصمة العراقية، الأحد 4-4-2010
وذكر مراسل "العربية" في العراق أن انفجارا قويا وقع امام السفارة الايرانية في وسط بغداد ناجم عن سيارة مفخخة وأخر قرب منزل السفير الألماني والثالث أمام السفارة المصرية

Translation:
In front of the Egyptian and Iranian embassies and the residence of the German abassador
Hundreds of dead and wounded in explosions near diplomatic headquarters in Baghdad

35 people were killed and 225 others were wounded as a result of three strong explosions which targeted diplomatic headquarters in the middle of the Iraqi capital, Sunday 4 April 2010.

A correspondent of Al-Arabiya in Iraq reported that a strong explosion occured in front of the Iranian embassy in the center of Baghdad caused by a car bomb and another in the vicinity of the residence of the German ambassador and a third in front of the Egyptian embassy.

Read more at Al Arabiya.

Vocabulary:
أمام = in front of, opposite (prep.) amaam
سفارة = embassy sifaara
مقار ج مقرّ = headquarters, seat maqarr (pl. maqaarr)
سفراء ج سفير = ambassador safeer (pl. sufaraa')
ألماني = German almaani
قتلى ج قتيل = killed person, casualty qateel (pl. qatlaa)
جرحى ج جريح = wounded person jareeH (pl. jarHaa)
انفجار = explosion infijaar
قرب = in the vicinity of qurba
قُتل = were killed (form I passive) qutila

أُصيب = were injured (form IV passive) uSeeb

35 = خمسة وثلاثين

225 = مئتين وخمسة وعشرين

ذكر = to mention, recall, to report (form I) dhakara, yadhkur, al-dhikr

مراسل = correspondent reporter muraasil (pl. muraasileen)
نتيجة = result, as a result of nateejata
ناجم عن = resulting from naajim 3an
مفخخ = boobytrapped, bomb mufakhakh
سيارة مفخخة = car bomb sayyaara mufakhakha