Iraq: Insurgents kill 26 as 39 are wounded
Baghdad - Three people were killed and 23 wounded by a bomb hidden in a bag at a coffee shop in northern Baghdad.
Baghdad - A bomb inside a minibus killed three people and wounded four.
Baquba - One policeman was killed and two were wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded near their checkpoint in Baquba, 65km (40 miles) north of Baghdad.
Jarf al-Sakkhar - Gunmen killed two security force members protecting oil facilities in Jarf al-Sakkhar, 80km (50 miles) south of Baghdad.
Gayara - A car bomb wounded two policemen in Gayara, near Mosul.
Mosul - Gunmen killed a prison employee in Mosul, 390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
Baghdad - Three policemen and three prisoners were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in southern Baghdad. A policeman and two prisoners were wounded.
Falluja - Gunmen in army uniforms killed a man and wounded his wife when they attacked their apartment at midnight in Falluja.
Baghdad - Gunmen killed a university lecturer in the western district of the capital, a source in Yarmouk hospital said.
Mosul - Gunmen killed Raad al-Asali, the director of oil products in Mosul, 390km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, as he was leaving his home, police said.
Baghdad - Gunmen killed a former district commissioner outside his house in Baghdad's Doura district.
Baghdad - A Baghdad hospital received six bodies, including that of a woman, with gunshot wounds, a security guard said.
Mahmudiya - Gunmen shot and wounded four pilgrims in Mahmudiya, just south of Baghdad. - (Reuters)