From Washington, this is VOA News. Scores dead in Iraq bombings and militants claim Israel launches drone strike in Sinai, and Bill Michaels reporting from Washington. At least 61 people have been killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq, and what appears to be coordinated strikes on people celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Iraqi officials say most of Saturday's bombings took place in daylight with attackers targeting busy markets, cafes, and places where families had gathered to mark the end of the holiday. The police at least 150 people were wounded. The U.S. State Department condemned in the strongest possible terms to cowardly attacks today in Baghdad. Spokeswoman Jan Saki in a statement late Saturday said the attacks were aimed at families and called the perpetrators enemies of Islam. Saki also reiterated the $10 million reward offered for information that helps authorities killer capture. Iraq's reported al-Qaeda leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who U.S. authorities say is hiding in nearby Syria. An Islamist militant group active in Egypt's northern Sinai region says an air strike they killed at least four of its fighters was carried out by an unmanned aircraft or drone based in Israel. A statement in the name of the militants seen on a jihadist website Saturday said the drone attacked Friday as air fighters were preparing to fire rockets into Israel. The group is known in some quarters as answer Jerusalem was not clear how the militants determined the attack came from Israel. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is recovering after undergoing hernia surgery late Saturday. His office said the surgery took about an hour and Mr. Netanyahu is expected to be released from the hospital today. The United States is reopening 18 of its embassies and consulates in the Middle East in Africa today, worth a week after they were closed due to a security threat. U.S. closed the facilities a week ago following a worldwide alert that said al-Qaeda could be planning attacks. The alert was issued after U.S. intelligence intercepted electronic conversations in which the al-Qaeda chief in Pakistan ordered the head of its branch in Yemen to carry out an attack. The two terrorists did not specify exactly where and when the attacks would take place. U.S. President Barack Obama and his family left Saturday for an eight day vacation on the upscale resort island of Martha's vineyard, Massachusetts. Mr. Obama takes with him the burdens of the presidency and criticism. The Aways can't climb filed this report. The opposition Republicans are criticizing Mr. Obama for going to Martha's vineyard. Kenneth Walsh, the author of a history of presidential retreats, titled from Mount Vernon to Crawford, says the opulence of Martha's vineyard could present an image problem for the president, while many Americans are still struggling to recover from the recession. A very upscale place that most Americans couldn't afford really to go to, and that's $7 million. Staykilled, re-wrapping. A recent poll by Fox News shows Americans are evenly divided over whether Mr. Obama deserves to take time off. The poll also shows that an overwhelming majority do not believe members of Congress deserve a vacation. Congress is on a five-week recess. The White House voters in Molly Head to the polls today to choose a president that most hope believe the country out of 18 months of civil strife and political crisis. The election the country's first since 2007 is seen as crucial to unlocking nearly $4 billion in promised international aid that was suspended after a military coup last year plunged the country into chaos. China has fined six largely foreign infant formula firms, a total of $108 million, and one of the biggest anti-trust penalties via ways bill-eyed has more from Beijing. China has fined infant formula companies from the United States, France, New Zealand, and one Chinese firm. Following a five-month investigation into their business practices by the country's top economic planning body, the National Development and Reform Commission, those penalized include US firm Mead Johnson, which was fined $33 million. Dumex, a subsidiary of France's Danon, was fined nearly $28 million. The investigators say the fines were based on the company's sales last year and their cooperation with the investigation. Bill-eyed, V.O.A. News, Beijing.