BAGHDAD — Two car explosions and a suicide bomber have killed at least 40 people outside a textile factory, taking the day's death toll to 75, Iraq's bloodiest day of the year so far.

A spokesman for the Babil provincial police, Maj. Muthana Khalid, said a man with explosives strapped to his belt detonated himself today outside the factory in Hillah where a crowd was trying to help victims of two earlier car bombs.

He said at least 135 were wounded in the triple blasts.

Dr. Zuhair al Khafaji, director of al-Hillah general hospital, confirmed the casualty figures.

The bombings were the latest in a series of deadly blasts and drive-by shootings in Baghdad and across the country.

MEZHDURECHENSK, Russia — Rescuers pulled 19 more bodies from the rubble of Russia's largest coal mine today but 59 miners and those who had gone in to save them were still missing deep underground as water flooded into the shafts.The official death toll now stands at 31 following two explosions in the Siberian mine.Many of the dead were rescue workers who had gone into the mine after the first of the weekend blasts.A second, more powerful blast then destroyed the main air shaft.

ROME — Rome archaeology officials say three chunks of mortar have fallen off from the Colosseum but that no one was hurt and tourist visits will go on as normal.The pieces, covering a total of about 10 square feet, fell at about 6 a.m. Sunday, hours before the ancient arena opens to the public.Archaeology official Roberto Cecchi said the area involved was already scheduled for maintenance and will be further inspected today.Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off and the monument is open as usual for visits.Although engineers have described the Colosseum as showing extraordinary resistance over the centuries, it is closely monitored.