Baghdad (Iraq), Mar. 10 : A homicide car bomber exploded his vehicle at a municipal building in an area west of Baghdad killing at least 20 and injuring 65.
The bomber struck a group of tribal leaders Tuesday as they left the mayor''s office in the town of Abu Ghraib. The attack comes two days after a homicide bomber killed
30 people in east Baghdad.
The ministry official says 25 people were wounded in the attack.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they wasn''t authorized to release the information.
Mosul, Iraq - Four people died in attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, police said, in the latest in string of clashes and bombings in the area.
Three civilians were killed and four others were wounded by stray bullets when Iraqi police officers and unidentified gunmen exchanged fire in the al-Salam district east of Mosul, a source in the city's police department told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Monday.
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday urged Iraqis to come together in a process of national reconciliation following Sunday's bombing in Baghdad, the deadliest the city has seen in months.
"National reconciliation must be an open door, through which all who believe ... in the political process can enter," al-Maliki told a gathering of branches of Iraq's prominent al-Abid tribe on Monday.
Baghdad - At least 15 people were killed and 30 injured when a man driving a motorcycle detonated explosives outside a police recruitment centre in Baghdad on Sunday morning, police and witnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
The attack took place near the Ministry of Oil and Water Resources on the major Baghdad thoroughfare of Palestine Street. Most of those killed were waiting to volunteer for the Iraqi security forces, police and witnesses said.
The blast was audible across eastern Baghdad. Witnesses said they heard shots fired after the blast and saw helicopters and ambulances rushing to the scene.
Baghdad - Poverty, lack of security, and a lack of basic services have created a "silent emergency" for Iraqi women, a study released Sunday found.
A survey of 1,700 Iraqi women conducted by the Iraqi nongovernmental organisation al-Amal and released by the international charity Oxfam in honour of International Women's Day Sunday found that a majority of women had been victims of violence, and that their personal safety was still their primary concern.
Baghdad (Iraq), Mar. 10 : A homicide car bomber exploded his vehicle at a municipal building in an area west of Baghdad killing at least 20 and injuring 65.
Mosul, Iraq - Four people died in attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, police said, in the latest in string of clashes and bombings in the area.
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday urged Iraqis to come together in a process of national reconciliation following Sunday's bombing in Baghdad, the deadliest the city has seen in months.
Baghdad - At least 15 people were killed and 30 injured when a man driving a motorcycle detonated explosives outside a police recruitment centre in Baghdad on Sunday morning, police and witnesses told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Baghdad - Poverty, lack of security, and a lack of basic services have created a "silent emergency" for Iraqi women, a study released Sunday found.
