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| At least seven people have been killed in a suicide car bomb blast in the city of Ramadi in western Iraq, police say. | At least seven people have been killed in a suicide car bomb blast in the city of Ramadi in western Iraq, police say. |
| They say a number of people were injured in the explosion at a police checkpoint in the north of the city. | They say a number of people were injured in the explosion at a police checkpoint in the north of the city. |
| Overall violence across Iraq has fallen in the last two years, but there has been an increase since US troops pulled out of urban areas at the end of June. | Overall violence across Iraq has fallen in the last two years, but there has been an increase since US troops pulled out of urban areas at the end of June. |
| Last month, a double truck bombing in the capital Baghdad killed at least 95 people - the deadliest strike in 2009. | Last month, a double truck bombing in the capital Baghdad killed at least 95 people - the deadliest strike in 2009. |
| The blast near Ramadi, in Anbar province, happened at about 0830 local time (0530 GMT), a local policeman was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. | |
| The victims included both police officers and civilians, officials say. | |
| Ramadi - a former insurgent stronghold in Anbar - has been relatively calm since local Sunni tribal leaders sided with the US-led coalition forces in 2006. |