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Authorities have said that insurgents detonated a string of bombs in Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 41 people and injuring 181 others, most of them religious pilgrims.

The deadliest attack was carried out by a suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives that targeted pilgrims near Abu Haneefa al Numan Mosque in Adhamiyah, north of Baghdad, about 8 p. m., McClatchy Newspapers have reported. McClatchy also said that blast killed at least 28 people and wounded 81.

The United States and Russia are discussing a swap of 10 accused Russian spies arrested in June for 10 people convicted of espionage in Russia, officials have revealed.

The Los Angeles Times has reported that one of those apparently set to be released in Russia is Igor Sutyagin, a Russian scientist convicted of spying for the United States. His mother, Svetlana Sutyagina, said on Wednesday he has been taken to Moscow from a prison near the Arctic Circle and is to be taken to Vienna, and then to London, where the trade is to be made.

The Defense Department said on Wednesday that the remains of a U. S. Army private missing for nearly 92 years have been identified and returned to his family.

The remains of Pvt. Thomas D. Costello of New York will be buried with full military honors Monday at Arlington National Cemetery, the Defense Department's POW/Missing Personnel Office said in a release.

Authorities have said that U. S. Army Maj. Charles E. Sublett pleaded guilty in Memphis on Wednesday to federal charges arising from the smuggling of cash out of Iraq.

The U. S. attorney's office said in a statement that Sublett, 46, of Huntsville, Ala., admitted that in January 2005 he lied about the value of a package he mailed from Iraq, where he was deployed, to the United States, knowing it contained $107,900 in U. S. currency and 17.12 million Iraqi dinars (about $14,500).

Sublett was arrested in Huntsville and indicted by a federal grand jury in January.

The 30-share index Sensex rebounded today and was trading 251 points up as against its last closure on prospects of strong results from India Inc and optimistic Asian signals.

The Sensex, which belled the day at 17,536.48, stood at 17,722.34, up 251.31 points (1.44%) as against its previous closure at 17,471.03.

At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the broad-based Nifty stood at 5,318.1, up 1.47% as compared to its last closure at 5,241.1.

City police have revealed that a 57-year-old man suspected of being the "grim sleeper" serial killer was arrested on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Lonnie David Franklin Jr., accused of killing at least 10 young women from 1985 to 2007, was taken into custody outside his South Los Angeles home at 9:20 a. m. PDT, Police has said.