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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 11 Aug 2009

Aug 11 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1900 GMT on Tuesday.

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* BAGHDAD - Two car bombs exploded in al-Ameen, a mostly Shi'ite Muslim district of Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding 30, police said. Iraqi security forces discovered a roadside bomb in the same area and detonated it.

BAGHDAD - A bomb in a parked car wounded nine civilians when it exploded at a market in the north Baghdad district of Shaab, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb wounded four civilians in the south Baghdad district of Doura, police said.