BAGHDAD, August 26, SPA -- Three blasts killed at least 34 Iraqis onTuesday, most of them in a suicide car bombing that strucka group of police recruits, officials said. It was one ofthe highest daily casualty tolls in recent months. Two of the bombs went off in Diyala province, which hasbeen the site of much of the recent violence and astronghold of Sunni insurgents. In the provincial town of Jalula, an assailant drove a cartoward a building where new police recruits had assembled,said Col. Ahmed Mahmoud Khalifa, the local police chief. The car approached the building but was stopped by guards. The driver then detonated the explosives, the chief said. He said 25 people were killed and 40 wounded. Local police have been forming an emergency response forcein the region, with each tribal sheik allowed to send acertain number of recruits. Monday was the last day ofrecruitment, and applicants came to the police center onTuesday to check whether they had been accepted, Khalifasaid. After the blast, security forces imposed a curfew onJalula, about 80 miles (125 kilometers) northeast ofBaghdad, the Associated Press reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/585030