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10 killed, 12 wounded in separate incidents in Iraq

10 killed, 12 wounded in separate incidents in Iraq Baghdad  - At least 10 people were killed and another 12 were injured on Monday in two bombings in Baghdad and a shooting in Mosul

Two policemen were killed and six other people were wounded in an explosion in downtown Baghdad, the second to hit the capital on Monday, Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency reported, citing police sources.

VOI said the bomb went off near Kahramana Square in central Baghdad.

It was the second bombing of the day, after a suicide bomber killed himself and four others, the news agency reported.

Three policemen killed, four wounded in attacks in Mosul

Baghdad  - Three policemen were killed and four wounded Sunday in two separate attacks in Mosul.

Gunmen fatally shot three policemen in the city centre, a police source said.

The policemen were shot in a popular restaurant near their patrol vehicle, the source told Voices Of Iraq (VOI) news agency.

A car bomb wounded another four policemen on patrol in southern Mosul, the Iraqi news agency reported.

In a separate incident Saturday night, a roadside bomb killed a US soldier in eastern Baghdad, coalition forces confirmed Sunday.

Bomb kills US soldier in Iraq

Baghdad  - A roadside bomb killed a US soldier in eastern Baghdad on Saturday night, coalition forces confirmed Sunday.

Two bombs kill six Iraqi soldiers, injure three

Iraq MapBaghdad - Two bombs ripped through two army vehicles in Iraq's Diyala province on Thursday,

Iraqi Shiites celebrate the religious festival of Ashura

Iraqi Shiites celebrate the religious festival of AshuraBaghdad  - Thousands of Iraqi Shiites gathered in the central Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday in an annual religious observance known as Ashura.

The pilgrimage starts on the first day of the Islamic Hijri year and culminates on the 10th day, known as Ashura, when Shiites mourn the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's prophet Mohammed, at the 7th century battle of Karbala.

Men marched down the streets of Karbala, whipping their backs with chains and sobbing as blood covered their bodies and faces. Others tapped their chests in a steady rhythm.

Car blast injures seven in Mosul

Iraq MapBaghdad - Seven persons were injured on Tuesday in a car bomb blast in the n

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