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Eleven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus in northern Baghdad, officials have said.Eleven people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a minibus in northern Baghdad, officials have said.
At least 18 other people were injured in the attack, which took place in Shaab, a majority Shia area, at 1230 local time (0930 GMT).At least 18 other people were injured in the attack, which took place in Shaab, a majority Shia area, at 1230 local time (0930 GMT).
The bus was passing a church at the time of the explosion, police said.The bus was passing a church at the time of the explosion, police said.
The attack follows two suicide bombings on Sunday which killed 35 people and wounded 60 at a police commando recruiting centre in western Baghdad.The attack follows two suicide bombings on Sunday which killed 35 people and wounded 60 at a police commando recruiting centre in western Baghdad.
Earlier on Monday, a car bomb exploded on the edge of the heavily-fortified Green Zone, damaging 13 cars and injuring one civilian. Earlier on Monday, a car bomb exploded on the edge of the heavily-fortified Green Zone that houses government buildings and foreign embassies, injuring one civilian.
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In other violence, traffic police brigadier was killed by gunmen in the north of the city, while a motorcade carrying an Iraqi official came under attack as it drove through the western district of Mansur. At least two bodyguards were killed in that attack, officials said. In other violence, a traffic police brigadier was killed by gunmen in the north of the city, while a motorcade carrying an Iraqi official came under attack as it drove through the western district of Mansur. At least two bodyguards were killed in the motorcade attack, officials said.
Also on Monday, police said gunmen shot dead a cameraman working for a private Iraqi television station in the northern city of Mosul. In the northern city of Mosul, police said gunmen had shot dead a cameraman working for a private Iraqi television station.
Mohammed al-Ban, a journalist with al-Sharqiya, was killed outside him home in the central Al-Nur neighbourhood, news agency AFP quoted a Mosul police officer as saying. Mohammed al-Ban, who worked for al-Sharqiya TV, was killed outside his home in the central Al-Nur neighbourhood, news agency AFP quoted a Mosul police officer as saying.
Mr Ban is among scores of journalists killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion. Mr Ban is among scores of journalists who have been killed in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion.
A suicide bomber killed two US soldiers in the central Iraqi province of Salaheddin, the US military said. In other violence on Monday:
Two soldiers were also injured in the incident, which took place on Sunday.
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  • In Baghdad, police recovered the bodies of 46 people around the city in one of the highest daily death tolls attributed to sectarian death squads, sources at the interior ministry said
  • Five people employed by a state-owned oil firm were seized and killed in the northern outskirts of Baghdad as they drove into the capital, an interior ministry source said
  • US-led troops killed eight suspected insurgents the US military said were believed to be linked to al-Qaeda cell; a further 41 suspects were detained during raids in Baghdad.