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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 27 Aug 2008

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a civilian in a shop in the al-Nur area of eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles), north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb in a parked car killed one person and wounded seven others when it exploded in the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of wounds received following a roadside bomb attack on his vehicle on Tuesday in northeastern Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said.

BAGHDAD - Three suspected militants died and six more were detained in U.S. operations in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said.

NUMANIYA - Iraqi police found the body of a woman in the town of Numaniya, 120 km (72 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary)