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Deadly bomb blast in Iraqi city Deadly bomb blasts in Iraq cities
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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 14 people have been killed in bomb attacks in cities across Iraq, police say.
They say a number of people were injured in the explosion at a police checkpoint in the north of the city. Suicide bombers targeted a police checkpoint north of Ramadi and the main Shia mosque in Baquba, killing 10.
Meanwhile, four people died near Karbala, south of the capital, Baghdad, after a bomb was planted on a minibus.
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 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. Denied entry
The victims included both police officers and civilians, officials say. The suicide car bombing in Ramadi, in western Anbar province, happened at about 0830 (0530 GMT), a local policeman was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
At least seven people died, including 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.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.
At least three people, two of them policemen, were killed in the attack on Monday evening in Baquba, central Iraq, officials said. As many as 20 more were injured.
A police spokesman, Maj Ghalib al-Kharki, told the Associated Press news agency the bomber had detonated his explosives at the gate after being denied entry to the mosque by guards.
Police said the minibus that exploded outside Karbala had been primed with a "sticky" bomb - a magnetic device attached to the underside of the vehicle.