Baghdad - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a national reconciliation conference in Iraq Friday, killing at least 23 people and wounding another 42 south of Baghdad, security sources said.

The bomber was a wanted man, identified as Mohamed al-Karghuli. He smuggled himself into a national reconciliation conference in a sheikh's house in al-Yussifiyah, General Qassem Attah told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency.

In Hillah, unknown gunmen killed two tribal policemen and injured another four in an attack on a check point, the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency reported.

Tribal police also known as Awakening Councils are composed of Sunni tribe members collaborating with US forces to fight al-Qaeda terrorist network in Iraq.

Baghdad - Six people were killed and another four were injured on Thursday in separate attacks in Iraq, police sources said.

A bomb hidden in a truck went off in a garage in Mosul, killing three policemen and injuring another one, the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency reported. Mosul is located some 400 kilometres north of Baghdad.

In the northern province of Kirkuk, three gunmen were killed in clashes with Iraqi security forces. One of the gunmen belonged to the al-Qaeda network, Sarhad Qader, the chief of local police, told VOI.

Kirkuk is a multi-ethnic province located 250 kilometres north of Baghdad.

Baghdad  - Two US soldiers have been killed in separate incidents in Iraq, putting the number of US casualties for December to 14, the US army said on Wednesday.

Baghdad - Iraq's Defence Ministry on Wednesday signed two agreements on the withdrawal of British and Australian troops from the country, a Ministry spokesman said.

Baghdad - At least six people were killed and 26 injured on Sunday in three separate suicide attacks in Iraq, police sources said.

A suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in the middle of an anti-Israeli demonstration in the northern city of Mosul, killing two other people and injuring 16.

The demonstration was against the Israeli aistrikes on Gaza, which left around 300 dead. Most of the demonstrators were from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP).