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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 20 Nov 2009

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1215 GMT on Friday.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb struck a police patrol, wounding a policeman in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen stabbed to death an Egyptian in central Mosul on Thursday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a civilian in western Mosul on Thursday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb wounded nine people when it exploded inside a popular restaurant in the southern district of Doura in Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary)